DoiTakaoJapan |
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Birthdate: | 18.09.1954 |
Birthplace: | Minamitama-Gun / Tokyo |
Marital status: | married |
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Selection date: | 07.08.1985 |
Selection group: | NASDA-1 |
Position: | MSP |
Status: | Ret. 18.09.2009 |
No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
1 | STS-87 Columbia | MS | 19.11. - 05.12.1997 | 15d 16h 34m |
2 | STS-123 Endeavour | MS | 11.03. - 27.03.2008 | 15d 18h 11m |
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Total | 31d 10h 45m |
No. | Mission | Position |
1 | STS-47 | PS |
Bachelor of engineering and master of science
in aeronautics from University of Tokyo, 1978 and 1980, respectively;
Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from University of
Tokyo, 1983;
Ph.D. in astronomy from Rice University, 2004;
hobbies: Tennis, flying, soaring, jogging, soccer and observing stars as an
amateur astronomer; was selected as one of two Japanese backup
PSP for
STS-47 (Chiaki
Mukai was the other one); retired
from
NASA on June 30, 2009 and from
JAXA on September 18, 2009 to become a U.N. section
chief. |
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