Soichi Noguchi

World Economic Forum (WEF) • Astronaut, Executive Fellow

Dr. Noguchi is a member of space advisory council at the Saudi Space Commis-sion (SSC). He conducted three spacewalks (EVA) as a lead spacewalker (EV1) and became the first Japanese astronaut to perform EVAs on the ISS. He was assigned as the Chief of JAXA Astronaut Group from August 2012 to April 2016. In 2020, he became the first non-American to board SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft (Crew-1). He was the first astronaut in the world to accomplish three different methods of Earth entry (runway, ground, and ocean), and officially certified by Guinness World Records. Received YouTube Creator Award with live per-formance of Chopin from Space.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2024

14-18 October 2024

Milan, Italy

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International Astronautical Congress 2022

18-22 September 2022

Paris, France

Participation:

International Astronautical Congress 2015

12-16 October 2015

Jerusalem, Israel

Participation: