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Naoko Yamazaki (山崎 直子, Yamazaki Naoko, born December 27, 1970) is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA. She was the second Japanese woman to fly in space. The first was Chiaki Mukai.
Feb 5, 2022 · Naoko Yamazaki, 51, joined the National Space Development Agency of Japan (now JAXA) in 1996 and worked on various engineering projects before going into space on the Nasa Discovery shuttle in...
YAMAZAKI Naoko was born in 1970 in Matsudo City, Chiba. In 1999, she was selected as an astronaut candidate, and was certified as an astronaut in 2001. In 2010, she participated in the STS-131 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Mission Specialist, where she orchestrated cargo transfer work and operated the International Space ...
山崎 直子 （やまざき なおこ、 旧姓 ：角野（すみの）、 1970年 〈 昭和 45年〉 12月27日 - ）は、 宇宙飛行士 。 宇宙政策委員会 委員（ 2012年 7月 - ）、 女子美術大学 客員教授 （2014年4月 - ）。 千葉県 松戸市 生まれ。 来歴. プラネタリウム や ボイジャー が送ってきた画像、 アニメ の 宇宙戦艦ヤマト [1] などから影響を受け、また チャレンジャー号爆発事故 のニュースを受け「亡くなった宇宙飛行士たちの意思を引き継いで、宇宙の素晴らしさを子供たちに伝えたい」と思い、宇宙を志した [2] 。 東京大学大学院工学系研究科 修了後、 宇宙開発事業団 に入社。
Naoko is the second Japanese female astronaut since Chiaki Mukai. She studied aerospace engineering while at graduate school and aspired to be a astronaut while engaged in development work at...
Naoko Yamazaki. Representative Director. Space Port Japan Association. Astronaut. Yamazaki earned a Master of Engineering degree majored in Aerospace Engineering from University of Tokyo in 1996, then started working for current Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Naoko Yamazaki JAXA Astronaut Ms. Yamazaki received a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1996, and joined the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA, now part of JAXA).
In an interview with Managing Editor Sayuri Daimon, Yamazaki shares her experience in space in 2010 and her views on space development in the coming years.
Naoko Yamazaki. Yamazaki earned a Master of Engineering degree from University of Tokyo in 1996, then started working for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). On April 5, 2010 Yamazaki was onboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the crew of STS-131, an assembly & resupply mission to the International Space Station.
After studying aerospace engineering at the University of Tokyo Graduate School, YAMAZAKI Naoko was certified as Japan’s second female astronaut in 2001.
