Akihiko Hoshide

Akihiko Hoshide

male, 40 years old
University of Houston, STS-124, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, STS-72, Setagaya, Tokyo, Kibō…jaxa
Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. He was born in 1968 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan and received a Bachelor’s degree in Me...
Jean-Jacques Dordain

Jean-Jacques Dordain

male, 63 years old
French, jaxa, cnes, European Space Agency, Business Person, International Space University
Jean-Jacques Dordain (b. April 14, 1946) is the current Director General of the European Space Agency and has held the position since 2003. Dordain...
Soichi Noguchi

Soichi Noguchi

male, 44 years old
astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, jaxa, STS-114, Space Shuttle program, Columbia disaster
Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26...
Keiji Tachikawa

Keiji Tachikawa

male
Sloan Fellow, chief executive, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, MIT Sloan School of Management alumni, jaxa, MIT Sloan School of Management
Keiji Tachikawa is the former president and chief executive officer of NTT DoCoMo. He previously worked at DoCoMo's parent company, Nippon...
Koichi Wakata

Koichi Wakata

male, 46 years old
Dan Barry, STS-72, Expedition 16, Omiya, Saitama, STS-123, from Saitama Prefecture…jaxa
Koichi Wakata is a Japanese astronaut from JAXA and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. Wakata, born in Omiya, Saitama, earned a masters...
Satoshi Furukawa

Satoshi Furukawa

45 years old
surgeon, astronaut, jaxa, Japanese
Satoshi Furukawa is a Japanese surgeon and a JAXA astronaut.
Chiaki Mukai

Chiaki Mukai

female, 57 years old
astronaut, surgery, cardiovascular, traveling, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Prince of Asturias Award winner…jaxa
Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.) is a JAXA astronaut (Payload Specialist). Chiaki Mukai, née Chiaki Naito (内藤千秋 "Naitō Chiaki"), was born in Tatebayash...

Yasuo Tanaka

male
Kanagawa Prefecture, Garching, X-ray astronomy, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute for Space and Astronautical Science, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics…jaxa
Yasuo Tanaka is a Japanese astrophysicist. He is professor emeritus at the Institute for Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) (part of JAXA) in...