photo Soichi Noguchi
First name and last name Soichi Noguchi
Date of birth 15.04.1965
Nationality JPN
Space Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Status Retired
Type of astronaut Government agency
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Missions:

  • STS-114
  • Soyuz TMA-17

Additional information Soichi Noguchi

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.