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Takao Doi (土井 隆雄, Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut, engineer and veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.

Takao Doi
Born	(1954-09-18) September 18, 1954 (age 67) Tokyo, Japan
Status	Retired
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Engineer
Space career
NASA/JAXA Astronaut
Time in space	31d 19h 35min
Selection	1985 NASDA Group
Total EVAs	2
Total EVA time	12 hours, 43 minutes[1]
Missions	STS-87, STS-123
Mission insignia
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Thesis	Internal velocities in the Orion Nebula (2004)

Doi holds a doctorate from the University of Tokyo in aerospace engineering, and has studied and published in the fields of propulsion systems and microgravity technology. He researched at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and was selected by NASDA as an astronaut candidate in 1985 for the Japanese manned space program while also conducting research in the United States at NASA's Lewis Research Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doi flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-87 in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.

He received a Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of Tokyo, and also a PhD in Astronomy from Rice University in 2004.

Takao Doi visited the International Space Station in March 2008 as a member of the STS-123 crew. STS-123 delivered the first module of the Japanese laboratory, Kibō, and the Canadian Dextre robot to the space station. During this mission, he became the first person to throw a boomerang in space that had been specifically designed for use in microgravity during spaceflight.[2]

In September 2009, Doi retired from astronaut duty and started working as the chief of Space Applications Section of United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.[3]

In April 2016, he became a professor at the Unit of Synergetic Studies for Space of Kyoto University[4] and then at the Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS) in April 2020.[5]

As an avid amateur astronomer, he discovered supernovae SN 2002gw and SN 2007aa.[6][7]

Notes

External links

• "DOI Takao biography". JAXA. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
• Spacefacts biography of Takao Doi

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[de] Takao Doi

Takao Doi (jap. .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}土井 隆雄, Doi Takao; * 18. September 1954 in Minamitama-Gun, Präfektur Tokio, Japan) ist ein ehemaliger japanischer Astronaut. Er war der erste Japaner, der einen Außenbordeinsatz unternahm.

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- [en] Takao Doi

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[fr] Takao Doi

Takao Doi (en japonais : 土井隆雄) est un spationaute japonais né le 18 septembre 1954.

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[it] Takao Doi

Takao Doi (土井隆雄 Doi Takao?; Tokyo, 18 settembre 1954) è un ingegnere e astronauta giapponese.

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[ru] Дои, Такао

Така́о До́и (яп. 土井 隆雄, ромадзи Doi Takao); род. 18 сентября 1954) — японский астронавт, доктор наук по аэрокосмическому машиностроению, доктор астрономии, выполнивший два полёта на американских космических челноках «Колумбия» и «Индевор» (1997, 2008). Первый японец, вышедший в открытый космос (1997).

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