Satoshi Furukawa

Japanese - (JAXA)

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Date of Birth: April 4, 1964
Age: 61

Satoshi Furukawa (古川聡 Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28/29, lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 November 2011.

Spaceflight Record

Satoshi Furukawa flew on two previous launch(es).

Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-02M

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 7, 2011, 8:12 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-02M begins expedition 28 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergey Volkov alongside Flight Engineers, Michael E. Fossum (NASA) & Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 22 November 2011, 02:26 UTC

Low Earth Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-7

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 26, 2023, 7:27 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-7 is the seventh crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1081 - Maiden Flight 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.

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