Koichi Wakata

Biography

Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon.

Known For

Space Station 3D

as Self - Mission Specialist, STS-92

Live from Space

as Self

The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station

as Self