Koichi Wakata
August 1, 1963 (62 years old) in
Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station as Self
- 2014 · Live from Space as Self
- 2002 · Space Station 3D as Self - Mission Specialist, STS-92