Satoshi Furukawa

JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa was selected as an astronaut in 1999 and finished his training in 2001. In 2011, he flew in a Soyuz spacecraft to the Space Station for a 165-day mission as part of Expedition 28 and 29.

He will be a mission specialist on Crew-7 in summer 2023, where he will fly with ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to the International Space Station.