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Soichi Noguchi

1965 - Today

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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. He was also 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 sixth Japanese astronaut to fly in space, the fifth to fly on the Space Shuttle, and the first to fly on Crew Dragon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Soichi Noguchi is the 295th most popular astronaut (down from 239th in 2024), the 1,757th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,513th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Soichi Noguchi ranks 295 out of 556. Before him are Gennadi Manakov, Klaus-Dietrich Flade, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, James M. Kelly, David M. Walker, and Eugene H. Trinh. After him are Nie Haisheng, José M. Hernández, Roberto Vittori, Aleksandr Lazutkin, Paolo Nespoli, and Ellen Ochoa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Soichi Noguchi ranks 400. Before him are Bryan Shelton, Momoko Sakura, Takeshi Kusao, Dyanna Lauren, Yuji Naka, and Carlos Eugênio Simon. After him are Iryna Yatchenko, Patrick Roy, Kazuo Echigo, Salou Djibo, Guy Forget, and Nitzan Horowitz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Soichi Noguchi ranks 1,757 out of 6,245. Before him are Mitsuko Horie (1957), Yasuaki Kato (1976), Yuji Naka (1965), Shota Iwata (1988), Masakuni Yamamoto (1958), and Toshikazu Kato (1981). After him are Yoichi Futori (1982), Yasutaro Matsuki (1957), Kazuki Tsuda (1982), Mika Nakashima (1983), Makoto Yukimura (1976), and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Soichi Noguchi ranks 7. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Chiaki Mukai (1952), Koichi Wakata (1963), Mamoru Mohri (1948), Takao Doi (1954), and Akihiko Hoshide (1968). After him are Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Takuya Onishi (1975), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

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