| Takao Doi | |
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| NASDA/JAXA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Status | Active |
| Born | September 18, 1954 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other occupation | Engineer |
| Space time | 15d 16h 34m |
| Selection | 1985 NASDA Group |
| Missions | STS-87 |
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Takao Doi (土井隆雄 Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. Doi holds a doctorate from the University of Tokyo in aerospace engineering, and has studied and published in the fields of propulsion systems, and microgravity technology. He worked for the NASDA and on the Japanese manned space program while also conducting research in the United States at NASA's Lewis Research Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doi was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in 1985 and flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-87 in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk. Takao Doi is currently assigned to the STS-123 crew that will deliver the first module of the Japanese laboratory, Kibō, to the International Space Station.
