Takao Doi
Japanese - (JAXA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Sept. 18, 1954
Age: 70
Takao Doi (土井 隆雄 Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut and veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions. Doi flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-87 in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.
Spaceflight Record
No spaceflights found for Takao Doi.
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.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-3
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Project Kuiper (KF-01)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAFirst of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-9
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaEighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Dror-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USANote: SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospa…
