Kimiya Yui

Japanese - (JAXA)

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Date of Birth: Jan. 30, 1970
Age: 55

Kimiya Yui is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He was selected for the agency in 2009.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-11

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 31, 2025, 4:09 p.m.

Status: Go

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1094 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1

Spaceflight Record

Kimiya Yui flew on one previous launch(es).

Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-17M

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 22, 2015, 9:02 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-17M launch to the International Space Station with 3 crew for Expedition 44. The crew consists of cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronaut Kjell Norwood Lindgren

Low Earth Orbit

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Administrator: Hiroshi Yamakawa

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.

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