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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 panel frame to the vessel’s exterior. Wakata’s mission, performed in tandem with an American astronaut, took 7 hours 21 minutes and was completed on Saturday morning.
Oct 6, 2022 · Oct 6, 2022. Washington –. 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 ...
Mar 10, 2014 · Koichi Wakata is replacing the space station's Expedition 38 commander Oleg Kotov, a Russian cosmonaut who after 166 days in orbit is returning to Earth with cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA ...
Mar 10, 2014 · The International Space Station has its first Japanese commander. Astronaut Koichi Wakata of JAXA(the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) was handed over command during a ceremony held onboard the outpost early Sunday morning (March 9). Wakata, who has been a flight engineer aboard the space station since November, will lead the complex's 39th expedition crew through mid-May. "I am humbled to assume command of the space station," Wakata said, floating with his crewmates in the Japanese Kibo ...
Jul 27, 2018 · Koichi Wakata, the Japanese space agency’s vice president and director general for human spaceflight technology, is intimately familiar with the International Space Station. As an astronaut, he ...
Crew-4 departed the station on 14 October 2022 and was replaced by SpaceX Crew-5 through a direct handover, which ferried NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, as well as JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the station. Before departing, Cristoforetti handed command of the station over to Prokopyev.
Oct 6, 2022 · At 59 years old, Wakata’s latest mission makes him the oldest Japanese astronaut to have flown in space. Former JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi set the previous record when he turned 56 during a six-month stay on the ISS from November 2020. Wakata’s stay on the ISS will be his fourth, also surpassing the record of three held by Noguchi and ...
