Koichi Wakata
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | August 1, 1963 Omiya, Saitama |
| Occupation1 | Pilot |
| Space time | 21d 19h 44m |
| Selection | 1992 NASA Group |
| Mission(s) | STS-72, STS-92 |
| Mission insignia |   |
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Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese astronaut from JAXA and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.
Wakata, born in Omiya, Saitama, earned a masters degree in applied mathematics from Kyushu University in 1989. He worked as a structural engineer for Japan Airlines. Wakata was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1992 and trained at NASA's Johnson Space Center; he flew aboard STS-72 in 1996 and STS-92 as a mission specialist. On the 1996 mission, he and fellow astronaut Dan Barry became the first humans to play Go in space.
His next flight will be on STS-126 to the International space station, which will deliver him to the station as part of Expedition 18.
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