Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi is a government astronaut from Japan, affiliated with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
During their career, Soichi Noguchi flew on 3 spaceflights and completed 4 spacewalks, logging 344 days, 9 hours, 34 minutes, 43 seconds in space.
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.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 04/15/1965 |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| First Flight | 07/26/2005 |
| Last Flight | 11/16/2020 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 344 days, 9 hours, 34 minutes, 43 seconds |
| EVA Time | 1 day, 3 hours, 1 minute |
| Landings | 3 |
Spaceflights by Soichi Noguchi
Explore the 3 spaceflights Soichi Noguchi participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.
Spacewalks by Soichi Noguchi
Discover the 4 spacewalks Soichi Noguchi performed during their career, logging a total of 1 day, 3 hours, 1 minute outside a spacecraft.
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.
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.
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.
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.