| 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 |
| X | https://twitter.com/Astro_Soichi |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichi_Noguchi |
| https://www.instagram.com/astro.soichi/ |
Missions:
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STS-114
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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.
