Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two decade career in spaceflight he has logged five months in space. He became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station which occurred during Expedition 39.
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