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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.
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...
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 ...
Naoko Yamazaki - SPACETIDE 2024. 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).
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. ...more.
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).
Jul 12, 2021 · Naoko Yamazaki on role models and women in space | 2021 Japan Society Annual Dinner https://www.japansociety.org/watch-an... Former JAXA astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, the second Japanese...
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.
NAOKO YAMAZAKI. Former JAXA astronaut, Representative Director, Space Port Japan Association. Yamazaki earned a Master of Engineering degree from University of Tokyo in 1996, then started working for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
