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All Onboard
for the
Astro-Gastronomical
Flight
Experience:
ANAJAXA-Style:
September
12-20:
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|| August 27: 2018 || ά. All
Nippon Airways:ANA and Japan
Aerospace Exploration
Agency:JAXA are partnering to
take passengers on the
Narita-Houston flight out of
this world in honour of Space
Day and Sky Day. ‘Space Flight
2018’ passengers will get to
taste actual Japanese space
meals and view special
space-related video content to
honour the future of
exploration. ‘Space Flight 2018’
can be experienced on all
classes on the Narita-Houston
flight from September 12-20.
“ANA is driven by a bold and
inspiring vision of the future
of flight.” said Mr Toyoyuki
Nagamine, Member of the Board,
Senior Executive Vice President,
ANA Holding Inc. “Astronauts
exemplify bold and inspiring
actions. We’re thrilled to be
able to celebrate these
accomplishments and share a fun
experience with our valued
customers.” Flight dates,
departure and arrival
destinations all have
space-related ties. Space Day,
established on September 12,
1992, commemorates JAXA
Astronaut Mamoru Mohri’s first
space flight aboard the Space
Shuttle.
Sky Day, which is on September
20, was designated in the same
year as it marked the 40th
anniversary of the resumption of
Japanese civil aviation.
Houston, home to the NASA
Johnson Space Centre, is a,
particularly, symbolic choice
for ANA’s ‘Space Flight 2018’.
JAXA certifies space food
produced to maintain and improve
the performance of Japanese
astronauts on long-term
missions. The food should, also,
serve to alleviate their stress.
32 Japanese Space Food from 16
Japanese companies, as of August
2018, support the astronaut’s
wellbeing. In producing
specialty Japanese meals for
their astronauts, JAXA keeps
their needs in mind, including,
having familiar flavours, that
remind them of home. Meals like
beef curry, modelled after one
of the most popular home-made
Japanese dishes, are created to
help astronauts relax and feel
at ease.
On ‘Space Flight 2018’ ANA
passengers will have an actual
taste of the astronaut lifestyle
with food and drinks certified
by JAXA to be served to
astronauts in space like beef
curry, available in First Class,
Business Class, Premium Economy,
and Economy Class departing from
Narita, as well as yohkan, sweet
red bean paste, available as
self-service snack and green
tea, available in Premium
Economy and Economy Class. To
end the memorable flight on a
fun note, Xylitol gum, which is,
also, served in space, will be
distributed by the flight
attendants to all passengers
before arrival.
In addition to the space food,
passengers will be able to enjoy
a special video message from
JAXA Astronaut and former ANA
Pilot Mr Takuya Onishi, as well
as, special video contents made
by ANA and JAXA to watch during
the flight. ANA will, also,
distribute a commemorative
boarding certificate and an
original sticker to all its
space flight passengers. Economy
Class passengers will receive an
additional mini-card.
On September 12, before the
inaugural space flight from
Narita departing for Houston,
ANA and JAXA will host a special
ceremony in front of the gate of
flight NH174. JAXA Astronaut Mr
Takuya Onishi is attending the
event to wish the passengers
safe travels on the first space
flight and honour Japanese space
travel. Furthermore, at ANA
lounges in Narita International
Airport, No 05 Satellite,
located in satellite 05, a space
suit will be displayed and
‘space gum’ will be handed out.
The idea to launch ‘Space Flight
2018’ came from dialogues
between JAXA and ANA employees,
who participate in the company’s
‘Space Industrialisation
Project’. Created in January
2018, the Space
Industrialisation Project is for
ANA https://www.ana.co.jp/group/en/
employees, passionate about
outer space, to discuss how ANA
can realise and promote space
travel. The team proposed this
event to raise awareness of
space business within the
airline industry and provide
ANA’s passengers with an
educational and interesting look
at space travel.:::ω.
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