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Astronaut Doug Hurley (left), STS-127 pilot; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, participate in a training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Wakata is scheduled to join Expedition 18 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station with the STS-119 crew and return to Earth with the STS-127 crew.