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Koichi Wakata (若田 光一, Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. He retired from JAXA in 2024. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station.
WAKATA Koichi (Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering) was born in 1963 in Saitama. In 1996, he flew as the first Japanese Space Shuttle Mission Specialist (MS) on STS-72. In 2000, he flew on STS-92 as an MS, and became the first Japanese astronaut to participate in the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS).
May 13, 2024 · Koichi Wakata is a Japanese astronaut who accumulated a number of records during his career. Among them, he spent the longest time in space of anyone who was not an American astronaut or a Russian cosmonaut, staying in orbit for over 504 days. He was the first Japanese astronaut to go on five.
Jun 18, 2024 · Koichi Wakata, who led Japan's manned space activities for over 30 years and completed five spaceflights, including his role as commander of the International Space...
Koichi Wakata, a recognized leader in the global space community, serves as astronaut and chief technology officer of the Asia-Pacific region at Axiom Space. A veteran astronaut with decades of human spaceflight experience, Wakata leads the expansion of Axiom Space's business and strategic presence in the Asia-Pacific region and contributes to ...
Oct 7, 2022 · Astronaut Koichi Wakata arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday to begin his fifth space mission, a new record for a Japanese astronaut, after a U.S. SpaceX spacecraft...
Jan 21, 2023 · Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata performed the first spacewalk of his long career on Friday evening, leaving the confines of the International Space Station for a mission to attach a solar...
Oct 6, 2022 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) JAXA Astronaut WAKATA Koichi who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) by the Crew Dragon Spacecraft (Crew-5), has begun his long-duration stay as the 68 th and 69 th expedition crew member.
Aug 20, 2020 · Profile of Astronaut Koichi Wakata. A native of Saitama Prefecture, Koichi Wakata holds a PhD from Kyushu University. He has flown on space flights four times, the most among Japanese astronauts. Dr. Wakata was the first-ever Japanese national to serve as captain of the ISS in 2014.
Oct 6, 2022 · Koichi Wakata embarked on his fifth space mission, marking a new record among Japanese astronauts, aboard a U.S. SpaceX ship that was successfully launched from Florida on Wednesday.
