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Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一, Noguchi Sōichi, born 15 April 1965) 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.
Learn about NOGUCHI Soichi's achievements and missions as a Japanese astronaut who flew on Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and Crew Dragon spacecraft. He is the first non-American to board SpaceX Crew Dragon and the first to accomplish three different methods of Earth entry.
- Early Years
- When Did Soichi Noguchi Become An Astronaut?
- Pioneering Commercial Spaceflight
- Additional Resources
Soichi Noguchi was born in 1965 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, according to his JAXA biography. He joined the Scouts when he was 9 years old, according to the Scout News— an organization that he credits with his early experience learning the importance of teamwork. In 1989, he earned a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He then re...
Noguchi was chosen to be an astronaut candidate by the organization now known as JAXA in 1996. After two years of Astronaut Candidate Trainingat NASA's Johnson Space Center, Noguchi was qualified for flight assignments aboard the space shuttle in 1998. That same year, he also participated in crewed space systems training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Tr...
Noguchi served as a mission specialist on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, the first full-fledged private crewed spacecraft mission to travel to the ISS. It launched Nov. 15, 2020. The Crew-1 astronauts named the spacecraft "Resilience" in recognition of challenges that people have faced and overcome during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. His first sp...
Check out this NASA interviewwith Noguchi before the Crew-1 launch.Follow Noguchi's Twitterfor stunning images from space.Read more about Noguchi's Herbs in Space experimentat LEDs Magazine.Learn about the life and career of Soichi Noguchi, the first Japanese astronaut to fly on a space shuttle mission. Find out his background, training, and role in the STS-114, the first return-to-flight after the Columbia disaster.
Nov 7, 2017 · JAXA selected Noguchi as a crew member of the ISS Expedition 62/63, which will be his third spaceflight since 2005. He will stay on the ISS for about six months from the end of 2019 and conduct scientific experiments and maintenance of the Kibo module.
Nov 14, 2020 · Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship, becoming only the third person to fly on three different types of spacecraft. He will join NASA's Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.
May 2, 2021 · A U.S. SpaceX ship carrying four astronauts including Japan's Soichi Noguchi on Saturday departed the International Space Station bound for Earth following the group's six-month mission in orbit.
