Satoshi Furukawa

Satoshi Furukawa
古川 聡
Official portrait, 2004
Born (1964-04-04) April 4, 1964 (age 60)
Yokohama City / Kanagawa, Japan
StatusActive
NationalityJapanese
OccupationSurgeon
Space career
NASDA/JAXA astronaut
Time in space
366 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes
Selection1999 NASDA Group
MissionsSoyuz TMA-02M (Expedition 28/29), SpaceX Crew-7 (Expedition 69/70)
Mission insignia

Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡, Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28/29 (2011) and Expedition 69/70 (2023-2024).