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Bookmark or Share- Koichi Wakata - WikipediaKoichi 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. [1]
- Koichi Wakata - Axiom SpaceKoichi Wakata, a recognized leader in the global space community, serves as astronaut and chief technology officer of the Asia-Pacific region at Axiom Space.
- Koichi Wakata | Biography, Spaceflights, & Facts | BritannicaKoichi 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.
- WAKATA Koichi - JAXA Human Spaceflight Technology DirectorateWAKATA Koichi (Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering) was born in 1963 in Saitama. In 1996, he flew as the first Japanese Space Shuttle Mission Specialist (MS) on STS-72. In 2000, he flew on STS-92 as an MS, and became the first Japanese astronaut to participate in the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS).
- koichiwakata.comKoichi Wakata is ready to share experiences and impressions from his astronaut career spanning 32+ years. From intense crew training and management of the ISS and lunar programs to life and work in zero-g with breathtaking views of a borderless Planet Earth, he has a unique story to tell.
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