The Moon mission-inspired Mr. Hibbit anime starts airing in Japan, Hibito returns to Houston, and Mutta continues through ten months of astronaut training. After Mutta's final flight with Deniel Young, as per the tradition for retiring pilots, Deneil has water thrown over him. Mutta and the rest of the AsCans graduate and become astronauts. Mutta's astronaut portrait is displayed in JAXA HQ next to Hibito's. Short Mr. Hibbit episodes air after the credits from this episode onwards.