Koichi Wakata
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Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in sp
Wakata in 2022
Wakata giving a thumbs-up as he arrives at Kennedy Space Center for the launch of the STS-92 mission
Wakata demonstrating medical ultrasound equipment during Expedition 38
SpaceX Crew-5
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SpaceX Crew-5 was the fifth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission was successfully launched on October
Koichi Wakata
…Koichi Wakata as the fourth member of the crew, in cooperation with JAXA as NASA's international partner. In October 2021, Wakata was reassigned to the SpaceX Crew-5 flight. Wakata retired from JAXA at the end of March 2024. On April 8, 2024, it was announced that Wakata had joined Axiom Space as an astronaut and…
Endurance launches to the ISS with Crew-5 onboard
From left: Kikina, Cassada, Mann and WakataCommercial Crew Program← SpaceX Crew-4SpaceX Crew-6 → Crew Dragon flights← SpaceX Crew-4SpaceX Crew-6 →
Crew-5 astronauts prior to launch
Crew-5 launch