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Satoshi Furukawa was born on 4 April, 1964 in Yokohama City / Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Discover Satoshi Furukawa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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Surgeon |
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59 years old |
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Aries |
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4 April 1964 |
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4 April |
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Yokohama City / Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality |
Japan
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Satoshi Furukawa Height, Weight & Measurements
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Satoshi Furukawa Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Satoshi Furukawa worth at the age of 59 years old? Satoshi Furukawa’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Japan. We have estimated Satoshi Furukawa's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut.
Furakawa graduated from Eiko high school, Kamakura, in 1983; he received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Tokyo in 1989, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medical Science from the same in 2000.
From 1989 to 1999, Furukawa worked in the Department of Surgery at the University of Tokyo, as well as the Department of Anesthesiology at JR Tokyo General Hospital, the Department of Surgery at Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, and at Sakuragaoka Hospital.
In February 1999, Furukawa was selected by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) as one of three Japanese astronaut candidates for the International Space Station (ISS).
He started the ISS Astronaut Basic Training program in April 1999 and was certified as an astronaut in January 2001.
Since April 2001, he has been participating in ISS Advanced Training, as well as supporting the development of the hardware and operation of the Japanese ISS Experimental Module Kibō.
On October 1, 2003, NASDA merged with ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) and NAL (National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan) and was renamed JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
In May 2004, he completed Soyuz-TMA Flight Engineer-1 training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Star City, Russia.
Furukawa arrived at the Johnson Space Center in June 2004.
In February 2006 he completed NASA Astronaut Candidate Training that included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 Talon flight training, and water and wilderness survival training.
Completion of this initial training qualified him for various technical assignments within the NASA Astronaut Office and for flight assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle missions.
In August 2007, Furukawa served as an aquanaut during the NEEMO 13 project, an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research laboratory.
Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28/29, lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 November 2011.
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft carrying Furukawa, cosmonaut Sergey Volkov and NASA astronaut Michael Fossum lifted off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome on 7 June 2011.
Carrying the same crew, Soyuz TMA-02M undocked from the ISS at 11:00 pm UTC on 21 November 2011.
The spacecraft soft-landed safely—albeit on its side—in Kazakhstan at 2:26 am UTC on 22 November.
He is currently making a second long-duration flight to the ISS as a mission specialist on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission.
Furukawa was assigned as a flight engineer to the International Space Station Expedition 28/29 long duration missions.
In 2016 and 2017, Furukawa was overseeing a two-week-long spaceflight analog mission in Tsukuba, a city northeast of Tokyo.
40 participants were confined to closed environments to simulate what astronauts experience during spaceflight, and their stress levels and mental well-being were to be assessed by two researchers.
The researchers fabricated research data, compiling psychological assessments without actually conducting interviews and rewriting participant diagnoses.
They also claimed that three researchers had conducted the interviews when there were only two.
In November 2020, JAXA began investigating the research results and subsequently suspended the 190 million yen ($1.4 million) experiment.
Furukawa was officially reprimanded by JAXA due to his role as project supervisor.
However, since he was not personally involved in fabricating the data, Furukawa was allowed to remain on the current ISS mission in 2023.
Furukawa was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
He enjoys baseball, bowling, music, and traveling.
He is married and has two children.
