Soichi Noguchi date of birth:
April 15, 1965
How old is Soichi Noguchi?
61
Where was Soichi Noguchi born?
Yokohama, Japan
Soichi Noguchi body shape:
Average
What color are Soichi Noguchi's eyes?
Black
What color is Soichi Noguchi's hair?
Black
What is Soichi Noguchi's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Soichi Noguchi nationality?
Japanese
What is Soichi Noguchi's occupation?
Astronaut
Short Biography
Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一 Noguchi Sōichi, born 15 April 1965 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was most recently in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station, returning to Earth on 2 June 2010. He is the fifth Japanese astronaut to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle.