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Soichi Noguchi

Japan

Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut who has flown three spaceflights aboard three different types of spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, a Russian Soyuz, and a SpaceX Crew Dragon, making him the first person to fly operational missions on all three vehicle types. He performed spacewalks during the first Shuttle mission to fly after the 2003 Columbia disaster, helping demonstrate new safety and repair procedures for the fleet.

Facts
Birth Year
1965 3
Nationality
Japanese 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1996 2
Connections

Associated With

JAXA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Soichi Noguchi - Wikipedia

Operated By

JAXA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Soichi Noguchi - Wikipedia
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Nationality

Japan

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Source Wikidata: Soichi Noguchi
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Soichi Noguchi (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Soichi Noguchi lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Soichi Noguchi - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1965-04-15
  • Extract
    Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一, Noguchi Sōichi; born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut.
  • Soichi Noguchi, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    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.
  • Operated By: JAXA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一, Noguchi Sōichi; born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut.
  • Associated With: JAXA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一, Noguchi Sōichi; born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut.
  • In Group: Japanese Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一, Noguchi Sōichi; born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut.
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Wikidata: Soichi Noguchi
Wikidata Q357450, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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