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Kōichi Wakata (jap. 若田 光一, Wakata Kōichi; * 1. August 1963 in Ōmiya (heute: Kita-ku, Saitama), Japan) ist ein japanischer Astronaut und Raumfahrtfunktionär.
Koichi 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.
Koichi Wakata, a recognized leader in the global space community, serves as astronaut and chief technology officer of the Asia-Pacific region at Axiom Space. A veteran astronaut with decades of human spaceflight experience, Wakata leads the expansion of Axiom Space's business and strategic presence in the Asia-Pacific region and contributes to ...
18. Juni 2024 · Koichi Wakata, who led Japan's manned space activities for over 30 years and completed five spaceflights, including his role as commander of the International Space...
- The Japan Times
1. Apr. 2014 · WAKATA 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).
28. Apr. 1992 · Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, 1987; Master of Science in Applied Mechancis, 1989; Doktortitel in Aerospace Engineering, 2004, alle von der Kyushu Universität; er gehörte der Ingenieursabteilung der Flugesellschaft Japan Airlines (JAL) an; Hobbys: Gleitschirmfliegen, Baseball, Tennis, Skifahren (Winter).
Koichi Wakata 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. He was the first Japanese astronaut to go on five.
