Takuya Onishi

Japanese - (JAXA)

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Date of Birth: Dec. 22, 1975
Age: 49

Takuya Onishi (大西卓哉 Ōnishi Takuya, born 1975) is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2009.[1] He spent four months onboard the International Space Station in 2016.

Spaceflight Record

Takuya Onishi flew on two previous launch(es).

Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS (MS-01)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7, 2016, 1:36 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz MS-01 begins expedition 48 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins to the International Space Station. After launching aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 4 month stay.

Low Earth Orbit

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-10

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 14, 2025, 11:03 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-10 is the tenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1090 - 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.

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