Portrait view of Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata smiling for the camera

S92-E-5029 (12 October 2000) --- Astronaut Koichi Wakata, sought energy from a soft beverage packet prior to fulfilling an important role with the four scheduled STS-92 space walks and his other duties. From the shirt sleeve environment of the the Space Shuttle Discovery, the mission specialist who represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), went on to man the controls for the remote manipulator system (RMS) or robot arm, to assist the four space walkers as they worked on the International Space Station (ISS). This photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) on Flight Day 2.