Kimiya Yui

Japanese - (JAXA)

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Date of Birth: Jan. 30, 1970
Age: 56

Kimiya Yui is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He was selected for the agency in 2009.

Spaceflight Record

Kimiya Yui flew on two previous launch(es).

Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-17M

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 22, 2015, 9:02 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-17M launch to the International Space Station with 3 crew for Expedition 44. The crew consists of cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronaut Kjell Norwood Lindgren

Low Earth Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-11

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 1, 2025, 3:43 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1094 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1

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Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 15 hours ago

Sirius SXM-11

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SXM-11 is the 12th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Lanteris Space (ex-Maxar, Space System/Loral) for SiriusXM. The SXM-11 satel…

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 1 hour ago

Starlink Group 17-40

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron

Success

4 days ago

Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Falcon 9

Success

5 days, 14 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-45

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

1 week ago

Project Starfall Demonstration Mission

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Note: Mission profile and payload details are TBD. Demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsule…