Furukawa

Personal data:

Birthdate:  04 Apr 1964 Birthplace:  Yokohama City / Kanagava Marital status:  married Children:  two Selection date:  10.02.1999 Selection group:  NASDA-4 Job:  MSP Status:  active

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Path Furukawa

Furukawa after landing of Soyuz TMA-02M

Additional information

• Doctorate of medicine from the University of Tokyo; worked as a surgeon at the University of Tokyo.
• 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.
• In 2013, Furukawa served as cavenaut into the ESA CAVES training in Sardinia, alongside Jeremy Hansen, Michael Barratt, Jack Fisher, Aleksei Ovchinin, and Paolo Nespoli.