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Astronauts
Takao Doi

Retired· JAXA · Japanese

Takao Doi

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...

Spaceflights

2

Time in space

31days

Spacewalks

2

Spacewalking

12 h 43 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 8 hours

STS-87 EVA 1
Nov 25, 1997
7 h 43 m
STS-87 EVA 2
Dec 3, 1997
5 h 00 m

0 h2 h4 h6 h8 h

Flights

Success· Flight 2

STS-123

Launched: Mar 11, 2008 · 06:28 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Mar 27, 2008

Crewmates

Dominic L. Pudwill GorieNASA
Gregory H. JohnsonNASA
Garrett ReismanNASA
Michael ForemanNASA
Robert L. BehnkenNASA
Richard M. LinnehanNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-87

Launched: Nov 19, 1997 · 19:46 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Dec 5, 1997

Crewmates

Kevin R. KregelNASA
Steven LindseyNASA
Leonid KadeniukHKAY
Kalpana ChawlaNASA
Winston E. ScottNASA

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Biography

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.

Facts

Agency: JAXA
Status: Retired
Nationality: Japanese
Born: September 18, 1954
First flight: Nov 19, 1997

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