Koichi Wakata

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Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two-decade career in spaceflight, he has logged more than eleven months in space. During Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Wakata flew on the Soyuz TMA-11M/Expedition 38/Expedition 39 long duration spaceflight from 7 November 2013 to 13 May 2014. During this spaceflight he was accompanied by Kirobo, the first humanoid robot astronaut.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Ōmiya

Education

Kyushu University

Awards

Kikuchi Kan Prize; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; NASA Space Flight Medal

From Wikidata.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-5Mission Specialist · Success · with Anna Kikina, Josh A. Cassada, Nicole Aunapu MannOctober 5, 2022
• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-11MMission Specialist · Success · with Mikhail Tyurin, Richard MastracchioNovember 7, 2013
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119Mission Specialist · Success · with Dominic A. Antonelli, John L. Phillips, Joseph M. Acaba, Lee Archambault, Richard R. Arnold, Steven SwansonMarch 15, 2009 · 23:43 UTC
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-92Mission Specialist · Success · with Brian Duffy, Leroy Chiao, Michael López-Alegría, Pamela Melroy, Peter Wisoff, William S. McArthurOctober 11, 2000
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72Mission Specialist · Success · with Brent W. Jett Jr., Brian Duffy, Daniel T. Barry, Leroy Chiao, Winston E. ScottJanuary 11, 1996

• Expedition 39International Space Station · Commander2014-03-11 – 2014-05-13
• Expedition 38International Space Station · Flight Engineer2013-11-10 – 2014-05-11
• Expedition 20International Space Station · Flight Engineer2009-05-29 – 2009-10-11
• Expedition 19International Space Station · Flight Engineer2009-03-28 – 2009-05-29
• Expedition 18International Space Station · Flight Engineer2008-10-12 – 2009-04-08