Name: Wakata, Koichi Country: Japan M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-72 January 11, 1996 - Endeavour January 20, 1996 - Endeavour
2. STS-92 October 11, 2000 - Discovery October 24, 2000 - Discovery
Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
3. ISS Crew 18 October 2008 - STS-126 (Discovery) January 2009 - STS-127 (Endeavour)

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-72 Retrieved Japanese Space Flyer Unit
Deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer
STS-95
(Backup Crew)
Hubble Space Telescope Orbiting Systems Test Payload (HOST)
Deployed and retrieval Spartan 201-05
2. STS-92 ISS Assembly Mission 3A
Delivered the Z1 Truss Segment on October 14, 2000 and PMA-3 on October 16, 2000 - Discovery docked with the International Space Station (ISS) from October 13, 2000 to October 20, 2000.
3. ISS Crew 18 ISS "Alpha" Expedition 18 Crew (Scheduled)

Return to Master List Japanese Astronauts Three Spaceflights
Foreign Astronauts launched by USA
International Space Station Program - Phase II - 2000 / Scheduled / Exp.-Crew
Space Shuttle Program - 1996 / Backup Crew

Updated - March 9, 2007