Soichi Noguchi

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Soichi Nomurchi, born in Yokohama, Japan, on April 15, 1965, is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA explorer.

After the Columbia disaster, his first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on July 26, 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster.

He was most recently on space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on June 2nd, 2010.

He is the fifth Japanese explorer to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle.

Personal life

Soichi Nochi was born in 1965 in Yokohama, Japan. He likes Chigasaki, Japan, to be his hometown. He holds a flight instructor certificate in CFII and MEI. He was a Boy Scout at No. 59 in Nome. Jogging, basketball, skiing, and camping are among his hobbies.

Education

In 1984, Nobushi graduated from Chigasaki-Hokuryo High School (Chigasaki, Kanagawa) and later studied at the University of Tokyo, earning a B.S. Degree in 1989 and M.S. Both in Aeronautical Engineering obtained their degree in 1991. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies in 2020, which was also from the University of Tokyo.

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Engineering career

Noshikawajima Heavy Industries' research and development team was sent to their Aero-Engine and Space Operations division following graduation. He worked on aerodynamic design of commercial engines.

Astronaut career

No. 6 was chosen as an astronaut by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (now part of JAXA) in June 1996. He first reported to NASA's Johnson Space Center for NASA astronaut training in August 1996. After two years as a mission specialist, Nomarchi obtained qualifications in Russia space systems and began training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in 1998. He was given technical assistance for the International Space Station's Japanese Experiment Module.

Noone else in 2013 played a role in ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside David Saint-Jaques, Andreas Mogensen, Nikolai Tikhonov, Andrew Feustel, and Michael Fincke.

Nomineti was assigned to the Expedition 10 crew aboard the ISS in April 2001, as a Mission Specialist, and Stephen Robinson (Mission Specialist), who were all scheduled to be aboard the Expedition 114 crew, replacing the Expedition 6 crew, which would land aboard STS-114.

Noochi and the crew prepared for this flight until February 2003, when STS-107, the flight immediately before STS-114, burst out while returning to Earth, killing the Space Shuttle Columbia and killing the seven astronauts on board; following this, all shuttle flights were delayed. Since STS-114 was set to fly following the STS-107 mission, its designation and crew were assigned as the "return to flight" mission, the flight's flight remained relatively stable, but new responsibilities were required to confirm the shuttle and the shuttle flight plans were added to the flight. Also, the delay in shuttle flights resulted in Expedition 7's launch from STS-114 to Soyuz TMA-2, giving three more seats to be filled on STS-114, NASA astronauts Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence, and Andrew Thomas' replacements were sent to the crew.

The Columbia disaster was the first major disaster to strike on Earth Shuttle Discovery in August 26, 2005. Two days later, the shuttle docked to the ISS, joining the Expedition 11 crew, which included Russian Commander Sergei Krikalev and American Flight Engineer John Phillips. Discovery and its crew launched the first-ever rendezvous pitch operation, allowing the two crew members aboard to photograph and check the shuttle's heat shield, allowing them to find any potential leaks on the spacecraft's heat shield before docking to the station. Following the Columbia fire, which was caused by heat shield damage, the operation was modified.

Nobuchi did three spacewalks during his first stay aboard the station, all three along Robinson. On the first trip outside, the two explored new methods for repairing cracked tiles on the shuttle's heat shield, while the second and third spacewalks were all dedicated to upgrading and maintaining the station, including replacing a Control Movement Gyro that had suffered a mechanical breakdown in 2002 and installing an External stowage platform carried aboard the STS-114. About the three EVAs Noguchi spent 20 hours and 5 minutes outside the station.

On August 9, 2005, No. 2 and his crew mates returned to Earth, carrying over 7,055 pounds of equipment and garbage down from the station's inside of a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, which had been used to bring up supplies to the station two weeks earlier. The landing of Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Washington, United States, brought up a 13-day, 32 minute, and 48 second space flight.

Noocha was sent as a backup ISS Flight Engineer for JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, who became the first Japanese explorer to live long aboard the space station after STS-114. JAXA sent No. Chi to the crew of ISS Expedition 22/23 alongside Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer, following his service as a back-up for Wakata.

On December 21, 2009, Noyuz TMA-17, the first JAXA astronaut and second Japanese citizen (following Tokyo Broadcasting System reporter Toyohiro Akiyama) to fly on a Soyuz spacecraft, the trio spent two days in free flight before joining the Expedition 22 crew and joining American Commander Jeff Williams and Russian flight engineer Maksim Surayev.

During Expedition 22, Space Shuttle Endeavour conducted the crew on its penultimate flight, the Node 3 module and the Cupola, which brought the Node 3 module and the Cupola to the station. During this flight, No. 2 was also in space with his former STS-114 crewmate Stephen Robinson, who was Mission Specialist on STS-130. On March 18, Soyuz TMA-16 returned to Earth on March 18, 2010, carrying Surayev and Williams and officially ending Expedition 22, which included No. 30, Kotov, and Creamer, who were transferred to Expedition 23, with Kotov and Creamer taking over the station. Shortly after being welcomed by Soyuz TMA-18, they were joined by Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, as well as American astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

Two Space Shuttle missions, STS-131 and STS-132, visited Expedition 23 on Earth. The STS-131 delivered fresh supplies to the ISS aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, as well as JAXA mission specialist Naoko Yamazaki, who arrived on No. 2 for a short time, marking the first time two Japanese citizens were on space at the same time. Towards the end of Expedition 23, Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Russian Rassvet module to the station.

Following 163 days in space, No. 1 in No. 6, 2010, with Kotov and Creamer joining the station and returning to Earth, bringing No. 53 days to 177 days in space.

Nominee No. 2 had been assigned to Expedition 62/63 as a Flight Engineer, and it was set to launch in 2019. During a tweet announcing the patch that he also revealed that his mission would be launched aboard a Commercial Crew Vehicle, but it was not confirmed whether his flight would take place aboard a SpaceX Dragon or Boeing Starliner.

He was deployed to SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of a SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft, in March 2020. On November 15, 2020, Noguchi launched alongside NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker. All of the Expedition 64 crew on the International Space Station, as well as No. 6 in Naga, were among the crews. He is the third person, and the first non-American, to launch three separate spacecraft; the Space Shuttle, the Soyuz, and the Dragon 2.

On March 5, 2021, he conducted his fourth spacewalk with Kathleen Rubins, who spent nearly 7 hours outside the ISS during his third stay in space.

He currently holds the world record for the longest distance between two consecutive spacewalks by the same person - 15 years and 214 days.

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