Koichi Wakata
Acting
August 1, 1963 (62 years old)
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.
