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Norishige Kanai

Norishige Kanai

JAXAJapaneseGovernmentActive

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Flight record

first and only flightFirst and only flight year 2017.
1Flight
168d 5hTime in space
5h 57mEVA time
1Spacewalk

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

Biography

Norishige Kanai, M.D. is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut. He is a lieutenant and Diving Medical Officer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Medical Service Division, 1st Service School). He served as a crew member on board the International Space Station for Expedition 54/55, and returned to Earth on June 3 2018.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Background

Born in
Tokyo

From Wikidata.

Flights

Spacewalks

  • Expedition 54 EVA 35h 57m2018-02-16

Expeditions

  • Expedition 55International Space Station · Flight Engineer2018-02-27 – 2018-06-03
  • Expedition 54International Space Station · Flight Engineer2017-12-14 – 2018-02-27

Born 1976-12-05 · age 49