Naoko Yamazaki

Background

Yamazaki, Naoko was born in 1970 in Matsudo, Japan. Daughter of Akito and Kimie Sumino.

Education

Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering, University Tokyo, 1993. Master in Aerospace Engineering, University Tokyo, 1996.

Career

Joined National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), 1996. Involved with development of the International Space Station Centrifuge, 1998—2000. Selected by NASDA (now JAXA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency-NASDA merged with ISAS-Institute Space & Astronautic Science and NAL-National Aerospace Laboratory Japan and renamed JAXA in 2003) as Japanese astronaut candidate for International Space Station, 1999.

Attended the ISS astronaut basic training program, 1999. Astronaut JAXA, since 2001. Completed Soyuz-Turnaround Management Association flight engineer-1 training Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, 2004.

Arrived at National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004, completed astronaut candidate training, 2006. Mission specialist STS-131 Discovery Mission, 2010.

Membership

Member of Japanese Rocket Society, Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

Interests

• Scuba diving, snow skiing, flying, music.

Connections

Married Taichi Yamazaki. 1 child Yuki.

Father:

Akito Sumino

Mother:

Kimie Sumino

Spouse:

Taichi Yamazaki

child:

Yuki Yamazaki