At NASA's Kennedy Space Center Keiji Tachikawa gets a close look at the cockpit of an orbiter in the Orbiter Processing Facility.

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, gets a close look at the cockpit of an orbiter in the Orbiter Processing Facility. JAXA is one of NASA's international partners in the development and operation of the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann