List of Japanese astronauts
Below is a list of Japanese astronauts participating in space flight. Data are given as of 12.01.2018
In the list of 12 astronauts of whom two are women. Only two cosmonauts have experience of going out into open space. 5 cosmonauts have already completed their careers, 7 (colored) are in the active unit.
# | Name | Photo | Mission(s) (dates) | Launch times | Total duration | Spacewalk times | Spacewalk duration | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Toyohiro Akiyama (Japanese: 秋山豊寛) born 22 July 1942 |
Soyuz TM-11, 02.12.1990 - 10.12.1990 | 1 | 07 days 21 hours 54 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Journalist, | |
2 | Mamoru Mohri (Japanese: 毛利 衛) born 29 January 1948 |
Endeavour STS-47, 12.09.1992 - 20.09.1992 |
2 | 19 days 04 hours 08 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Doctor of Science in Chemistry, | |
3 | Chiaki Mukai (Japanese: 向井 千秋) born 6 May 1952 |
Columbia STS-65, 08.07.1994 - 23.07.1994 |
2 | 23 days 15 hours 39 minutes | 0 | 0 |
The first female astronaut in Japan, | |
4 | Koichi Wakata (Japanese: 若田光一) born 1 August 1963 |
Endeavour STS-72, 11.01.1996 - 20.01.1996 |
4 | 347 days 08 hours 30 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Flight specialist, | |
5 | Takao Doi (Japanese: 土井 隆雄) born 18 September 1954 |
Columbia STS-87, 19.11.1997 - 05.12.1997 |
2 | 31 days 10 hours 45 minutes | 2 | 12 hours 42 minutes |
Doctor of Science in | |
6 | Soichi Noguchi (Japanese: 野口 聡一) born 15 April 1965 |
Discovery STS-114, 26.07.2005 - 09.08.2005 |
2 | 177 days 03 hours 04 minutes | 3 | 20 hours 05 minutes |
Aeronautical engineer, | |
7 | Akihiko Hoshide (Japanese: 星出 彰彦) born 28 December 1968 |
Discovery STS-124, 31.05.2008 - 14.06.2008 |
2 | 140 days 17 hours 26 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Flight specialist, | |
8 | Naoko Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎 直子) born 27 December 1970 |
Discovery STS-131, 05.04.2010 - 20.04.2010 | 1 | 15 days 02 hours 47 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Aeronautical engineer, | |
9 | Satoshi Furukawa (Japanese: 古川 聡) born 04 April 1964 |
Soyuz TMA-02M, ISS-28, 29, 07.07.2011 - 22.11.2011 | 1 | 167 days 06 hours 12 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Surgeon, | |
10 | Kimiya Yui (Japanese: 油井 亀美也) born 30 January 1970 |
Soyuz TMA-17M, ISS-44, 45, 22.07.2015 - 11.12.2015 | 1 | 141 days 16 hours 09 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Colonel of the Air Force of Japan, | |
11 | Takuya Onishi (Japanese: 大西 卓哉) born 22 December 1975 |
Soyuz MS-01, ISS-48, ISS49, 07.07.2016 - 30.10.2016 | 1 | 115 days 02 hours 21 minutes | 0 | 0 | Flight engineer. | |
12 | Norishige Kanai[1] (Japanese: 金井 宣茂) born 05 December 1976 |
Soyuz MS-07, ISS-54, 55, 17 - until now | 1 | 17+ days (now in space) | ? | ? |
Doctor, | |
References
- ↑ "Statistics - Kanai Norishige". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2017-12-22.