Takao Doi

• Status: Retired
• In Space: No
• Date of Birth: 09/18/1954
• First Flight: 11/19/1997
• Last Flight: 03/11/2008

Launches

• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-123
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-87

Takao Doi, a Japanese astronaut affiliated with the government agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 2 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.

Takao Doi (土井 隆雄 Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut and veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.

Doi flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-87 in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.