This morning, the ISS Expedition 32 crew Suni Williams (NASA), Yuri Malenchenko (RSA) and Aki Hoshide (JAXA) were successfully launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft at 8:40 a.m. local time from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. One of astronaut Akihiko Hoshide’ missions is to operate the Kibo module’s robotic arm to deploy the small satellites (including F-1) to orbit, currently scheduled around September. Here is the video of the launch:
Also, the weekly SPACE@NAVI-Kibo #168 from JAXA has some detailed information on astronaut Akihiko Hoshide:
Excellent launch.