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    1963-08-0163 years, 3 months, and 8 days old

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    Biography

    Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon.

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    Best Credits: 3

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    Live from Space
    Self
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    2014-03-14
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    Space Station 3D
    Self - Mission Specialist, STS-92
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    2002-04-17
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    The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station
    Self
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    2021-09-10
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