Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi | |
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| Born | 15 April 1965 Yokohama, Japan |
| Status | Active |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Space career | |
| NASDA/JAXA Astronaut | |
Time in space | 344 days 9 hours 33 minutes |
| Selection | 1996 NASDA Group |
Total EVAs | 4[1] |
Total EVA time | 27h 01min[1] |
| Missions | STS-114, Soyuz TMA-17 (Expedition 22/23), SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) |
Mission insignia |       |
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.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Soichi Noguchi - EVA experience". www.spacefacts.de.
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