Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi is an astronaut from Japan affiliated with the government agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 4 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一 Noguchi Sōichi, born 15 April 1965 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was most recently in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on 2 June 2010. He is the fifth Japanese astronaut to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle.
- Date of Birth: 04/15/1965
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 07/26/2005
- Last Flight: 11/16/2020
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
STS-114 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 08/01/2005 04:44 UTC and ended at 08/01/2005 11:58 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 14 minutes.
STS-114 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 08/03/2005 04:14 UTC and ended at 08/03/2005 10:15 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 1 minutes.
STS-114 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 07/30/2005 05:46 UTC and ended at 07/30/2005 12:36 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 50 minutes.
Expedition 64 EVA 5
The spacewalk began at 03/05/2021 11:37 UTC and ended at 03/05/2021 18:33 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 56 minutes.
