Pico overhears Vincent dressing down Mutta for his failure. Vince wants Mutta to be on the same wavelength as him, and Pico points out that they have things in common, suggesting that they talk to each other outside of training. Nitta tells Mutta that his younger brother Kazuya has started going outside, and has applied for a space industry job. While he was overidden due to his previously being a shut-in, instead he's learning English and planning to join Nitta in Houston. Mutta gets a message from Hibito. He has decided to leave NASA, but is not giving up on being an astronaut. Butler and Hoshika meet up to discuss Hibito's next step—going to Russia to train as a cosmonaut. Vince introduces Mutta to his family, and Mutta begins to figure him out. Six months later, with Mutta as CAPCOM, Vince and his crew successfully launch, bound for the Moon.