Koichi Wakata

Koichi Wakata is known for Space Station 3D (2002), The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station (2021).

Biography

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.

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