Kimiya Yui

Kimiya Yui
Yui in April 2015
Born (1970-01-30) January 30, 1970 (age 54)
StatusActive
Space career
JAXA astronaut
RankLieutenant Colonel (Ret.), JASDF
Time in space
141d 16h 09m
Selection2009 JAXA Group
MissionsSoyuz TMA-17M (Expedition 44/45), Boeing Starliner-1[1] (Expedition 72/73)
Mission insignia

Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也, Yui Kimiya, born January 30, 1970[2] in Kawakami, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He was selected for the agency in 2009.[3]

  1. ^ "Next up is launch, as Boeing's Starliner takes trek to Cape Canaveral". 17 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Kimiya Yui – ISS Expedition 45".
  3. ^ Xinhua News Agency Staff Writers (February 26, 2009). "Two Japanese Picked As Candidates For Astronauts". Space.TV Corporation. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

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