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.
Flights
- Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-07December 17, 2017
Spacewalks
- Expedition 54 EVA 32018-02-16
Born 1976-12-05