Fourteen citizens of Japan have participated in space flights. Of these, eleven— nine men and two women—were professional astronauts, two were space tourists, and one was a journalist who participated in a commercial Soyuz space flight.
Two Japanese astronauts have been in space at the same time on two occasions :
- Soichi Noguchi and Naoko Yamazaki from 5 April 2010 to 20 April 2010
- Soichi Noguchi and Akihiko Hoshide from 23 April 2021 to 2 May 2021
Six of the eleven professional astronauts have retired, while five (colored) remain in active service.
Future flights
References
External Links
- https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/
- https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/iss_human/astro/
