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Satoshi Furukawa

Active· JAXA · Japanese

Satoshi Furukawa

Satoshi Furukawa (古川聡 Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station...

Spaceflights

2

Time in space

366days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 2

Crew-7

Launched: Aug 26, 2023 · 07:27 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Mar 12, 2024

Crewmates

Jasmin MoghbeliNASA
Andreas MogensenESA
Konstantin BorisovRoscosmos

Success· Flight 1

Soyuz TMA-02M

Launched: Jun 7, 2011 · 20:12 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz FG
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Nov 22, 2011

Crewmates

Sergey Aleksandrovich VolkovRoscosmos
Michael E. FossumNASA

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Biography

Satoshi Furukawa (古川聡 Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28/29, lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 November 2011.

Facts

Agency: JAXA
Status: Active
Nationality: Japanese
Born: April 4, 1964
First flight: Jun 7, 2011

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