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Soichi Noguchi
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Born | Yokohama, Japan
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April 15, 1965
Status | Active |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Engineer |
Space career | |
NASDA/JAXA Astronaut | |
Time in space
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177d 3h 5min |
Selection | 1996 NASDA Group |
Total EVAs
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3 |
Total EVA time
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20h 05min |
Missions | STS-114, Soyuz TMA-17 (Expedition 22/23), SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) |
Mission insignia
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Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi, born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and JAXA astronaut.
His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster.
He was most recently in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on 2 June 2010.
He is the fifth Japanese astronaut to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle.
Images for kids
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Soichi Noguchi on his first spacewalk
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