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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.
May 13, 2024 · Koichi Wakata (born August 1, 1963, Saitama, Japan) 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.
Learn about WAKATA Koichi, the first Japanese astronaut to fly on Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX missions, and the first Japanese ISS commander. See his biography, achievements, spacewalks, and social media.
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...
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Koichi Wakata is a veteran astronaut with five space flights and 504 days in space. He leads the expansion of Axiom Space in the Asia-Pacific region and contributes to the development of the first commercial space station.
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...
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Oct 7, 2022 · Astronaut Koichi Wakata arrived at the International Space Station on Oct. 6 to begin his fifth space mission, a new record for a Japanese astronaut, after a U.S. SpaceX spacecraft successfully docked with the orbiting lab.
