Name Taichi Yamazaki | ||
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Born 8 September 1972 (age 51) ( 1972-09-08 ) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
Taichi Yamazaki (山崎 大地, Yamazaki Taichi, born 8 September 1972) is a space engineer, and spouse of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki.
Biography
He has had an interest in spacecraft since junior school and in middle school was moved by the experience of seeing the Space Travel Section of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Despite being shocked by the Challenger tragedy, he wanted to someday travel in space.
Yamazaki is married to the Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki; they have two children.
References
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