Kanai

Norishige

Japan

International order nº: 556

Japanese taikon. nº: 12

Personal data:

Birth date:  05 Dec 1976
Birthplace:  Chiba
Marital status:  single
Children:  
Grade / Fonction:  
Selection date:  08 Sep 2009
Selection group:  JAXA-5
Job:  MSP
Status:  active
 Kanai Norishige

Spaceflights:

No Launch Spacecraft Date and time
of launch (UT)		 Status while
launch		 Spacecraft
of landing		 Date and time
of landing (UT)		 Duration
1 Soyuz MS-07 17 Dec 2017
07:21:01 UT		 FE Exp.54/55 Soyuz MS-07 03 Jun 2018
12:39:15 UT		 168d 05h 18m 14s
Total duration: 168d 05h 18m

EVA′s:

Date of
beginning		 Time of
beginning		 Duration Crew & Remarks
16 Feb 2018 UT 5h 57m Kanai and M. Vande Hei; mission ISS
The astronauts moved the Latching End Effector (LEE), the "hand" of the Canadarm2 gripper arm, from a platform on the mobile base of the station to the Airlock Quest. They also relocated the old, but functional LEE, during the EVA on 23 January 2018 from the interim storage outside the airlock to a permanent storage area.
Total: h m EVAs: 1

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Job Date
1  Soyuz MS-05  FE  28 July 2017

Personal patch:

Kanai path

Additional information:

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