Famous Japanese astronaut coming to Vietnam

Soichi Noguchi, astronaut of the sunrise country will visit and talk with students in Hanoi next month.

Soichi Noguchi will talk with students at the University of Technology and National University on the afternoon of June 18. This trip to Vietnam by Soichi Noguchi is within the framework of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations.

This astronaut was born April 15, 1965 in Kanagawa, Japan. He currently works at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Soichi Noguchi received a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from Tokyo University in 1991. In 1996, he worked at the Japan National Space Development Center, now the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). ).

In April 2001, he became a member of the crew of STS-114. This is the flight marking the return of the shuttle fleet of the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) after the Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. The main purpose of the flight is to transport to the International Space Station (ISS), and conduct testing and evaluation of new safety solutions deployed for space flights by space shuttle after Columbia ship in distress.

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi.(Photo: iss.jaxa.jp)

In 2009, Soichi Noguchi was one of the Soyuz TMA-17 ships in the universe, carrying out the mission to bring a new module for ISS to improve the cupola dome system with 7 windows to help astronauts inside. panoramic view outside the universe.

This time, he spent 161 days with the crew on the ISS station performing the task. He has a total of 163 5 hours and 33 minutes in the universe including the flight time and work on ISS.

With the mission to fly the STS-114 ship on the same mission, he was recognized as the person who has the longest time in the space of history to fly into the universe of Japan with 177 days 3 hours 5 minutes of flying. in space.

Over the past years, Vietnam and Japan have had many cooperation projects and achieved remarkable achievements in the field of space science and technology, especially the application of remote sensing applications in natural resource management, environmental Protection. Seven years ago, the Japan Aeronautics Agency (JAXA) had the first agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the two sides.

Early last year, the Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) cooperated with JAXA and the Central Highlands Institute of Biology to participate in the KIBO Asian Future Seeds program 2010-2011. The program aims to bring the seeds to the ISS international space station for a period of 4 months and return to earth.

In recent years, the Vietnam Space Technology Institute has actively cooperated in projects to improve the capacity of Japanese space technology development, such as SAFE Project - application of remote sensing technology in surveillance. environmental monitoring, satellite programs in the Asia - Pacific region.

Most recently, Japan participated in a joint project to build the Vietnam Space Center. This center is built on an area of ​​nearly 9 hectares within the campus of Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park. The project has a total investment of 54.4 billion yen (equivalent to nearly 700 million USD), of which the preferential ODA capital of Japan accounts for 46.5 billion yen.

Recently, Japan also participated in helping Vietnam in bringing satellite space F-1 of FSpace Space Research Laboratory into July last year.