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Doi, Takao

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Doi Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1985-2009. Born: 1954-09-18. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 31.45 days. Birth Place: Minamitama, Tokyo.

Educated as aerospace engineer, University of Tokyo.

NAME: Takao Doi (Ph.D.)

NASDA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA:

Born September 18, 1954 in Minamitama, Tokyo, Japan. Married to the former Hitomi Abe of Toukamachi, Niigata, Japan. He enjoys flying, soaring, playing tennis, jogging, soccer, and observing stars as an amateur astronomer.

EDUCATION:

Graduated from Ousaka-phu, Mikunigaoka High School in 1973. Bachelor of engineering degree from University of Tokyo, 1978. Master of engineering degree from University of Tokyo, 1980. Doctorate in aerospace engineering from University of Tokyo, 1983.

ORGANIZATIONS:

The Japan Society of Microgravity Application, the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

SPECIAL HONORS:

Received Minister of State for Science and Technology's Commendation, Science Council of Japan's Special Citation, and National Space Development Agency of Japan's Outstanding Service Award in 1992.

PUBLICATIONS:

Published over 40 papers in the areas of chemical propulsion systems, electric propulsion systems, fluid dynamics, and microgravity science and technology.

EXPERIENCE:

Takao Doi studied space propulsion systems as a research student in the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan from 1983 to 1985. He worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center as a National Research Council research associate in 1985.

He joined the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan in 1985 and has been working in the Japanese manned space program since then. He conducted research on microgravity fluid dynamics at the University of Colorado from 1987 to 1988, and at National Aerospace Laboratory in Japan in 1989 as a visiting scientist. In 1992, he served as a backup payload specialist for the Spacelab Japan mission (STS-47). In 1994, he worked as a project scientist on the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 mission (STS-65).

NASA EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Doi was selected by NASDA in 1985. He participated in payload specialist training from 1990 to 1992 in preparation for the Spacelab Japan mission. He reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. On completing a year of training and evaluation he was assigned technical duties in the Vehicle Systems/Operations Branch of the Astronaut Office. Dr. Doi will serve as a mission specialist on the crew of the fourth U.S. Microgravity Payload flight scheduled for an November 1997 launch on board Columbia on mission STS-87. During the 16-day mission Dr. Doi will become the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.

• Birth of Dr Takao Doi - . Nation: Japan. Related Persons: Doi. Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1985-2009. 2 spaceflights, 31.4 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-87 (1997), STS-123..

• STS-81-G (cancelled) - . Crew: Mohri, Mukai. Backup Crew: Doi. Payload: Spacelab-J. Nation: USA. Program: STS. Flight: STS-81-G. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Challenger. Planned Spacelab-J shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. .

• STS-87 - . Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk, Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Winston. Payload: Columbia F24 / Spartan / USMP-4 Aft. Mass: 115,900 kg (255,500 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk, Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Winston. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: North American. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-87. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Duration: 15.69 days. Decay Date: 1997-12-05 . USAF Sat Cat: 25061 . COSPAR: 1997-073A. Apogee: 279 km (173 mi). Perigee: 273 km (169 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.00 min.

  OV-102 Columbia was launched on a microgravity science mission. Spartan 201 was released a day late on November 21. However the satellite did not start its automatic orientation maneuver because the crew failed to send it the correct commands prior to release.

  Spartan was recaptured by hand, during a spacewalk by Takao Doi and Winston Scott on November 25. Tests of space station tools went well, but the free-flying Sprint camera subsatellite was not deployed due to lack of time.

  NASA decided not to redeploy Spartan on this mission. During an EVA on Dec 3, Doi and Scott carried out more tests of the Space Station crane. They also deployed the AERCam/Sprint 'football' remote-controlled camera for a free flight in the payload bay.

  Columbia landed on December 5, with a deorbit burn at 11:21 GMT. Touchdown was at 12:20 GMT at Kennedy Space Center.

• EVA STS-87-1 - . Crew: Doi, Scott, Winston. EVA Duration: 0.32 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Scott, Winston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-87. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Retrieved Spartan free-flier. Tested EVA tools and techniques..

• EVA STS-87-2 - . Crew: Doi, Scott, Winston. EVA Duration: 0.21 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Scott, Winston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-87. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Tested tools and techniques for extravehicular activity..

• Landing of STS-87 - . Return Crew: Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk, Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Winston. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Chawla, Doi, Kadenyuk, Kregel, Lindsey, Scott, Winston. Flight: STS-87. STS-87 landed at 12:20 GMT. .

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/27/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Upon wakeup, FE--2 Eyharts performed the last sampling of his first session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository, collecting a final urine sample for storage in the MELFI (Minus-Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/28/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Tani, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  For the purpose of testing the main TORU (Teleoperator Control System) receiver on Progress M-63/28P, FE-1 Malenchenko and CDR Whitson worked with ground specialists via VHF on DO3 (Daily Orbit 3) in the standard vehicle-to-vehicle TORU checkout between the Service Module (SM) and the docked Progress 28P. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Space shuttle Endeavour delivered an early sunrise to the Florida coast this morning, lifting off at 1:28 a.m. CDT from the Kennedy Space Center to begin a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The seven members of space shuttle Endeavour's crew have begun their first full day in space.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 - . Call Sign: Endeavour. Crew: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Reisman. Payload: Endeavour F21 / Dextre, Kibo ELM-PS. Mass: 118,950 kg (262,230 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Reisman. Agency: NASA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Endeavour. Duration: 15.76 days. Decay Date: 2008-03-27 00:40:41 . USAF Sat Cat: 32699 . COSPAR: 2008-009A. Apogee: 346 km (214 mi). Perigee: 341 km (211 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Endeavour's main task was delivery of the Canadian Dextre robotic manipulator (fitted to the end of the Canadarm-2 robotic arm already installed on the station) and the Japanese Kibo ELM-PS Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized. It also brought astronaut Reisman to the station, replacing Eyharts on the long-duration crew. The orbiter was placed in an initial 58 km x 220 km orbit at main engine shutdown, adjusted by the OMS-2 firing 38 minutes later to a 220 km x 233 km chase orbit. On 13 March the shuttle docked with the PMA-2 port of the International Space Station at 03:49 GMT. Mission accomplished, Endeavour undocked at 00:25 GMT on March 25, completed the customary ISS flyaround at 01:36 GMT, deorbited at 23:33 GMT the next day, and landed at 00:39 GMT at Kennedy Space Center.

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The seven-member crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour is ready for tonight's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, planned for 10:25 p.m. CDT.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Gorie, Reisman. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The seven-member crew of space shuttle Endeavour is just a few hours away from arriving at the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/13/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Crew sleep cycle today: sleep 8:00am -4:30pm; wake 4:30pm -8:00am tomorrow.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. A record 12 days of planned joint operations are now under way, after space shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station at 10:49 p.m. CDT Wednesday.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/14/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Gorie, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. STS-123/1J/A Flight Day 4 (FD4).. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The newest international component of the orbiting International Space Station has officially reached its home in space. After being prepared for its move by two spacewalkers, the Japanese Logistics Module -Pressurized Section (JLP), the first component o. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Space shuttle Endeavour crew members will make their first foray into new international territory today, as the hatch is opened between the International Space Station and its newest module.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Linnehan. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Two members of the space shuttle Endeavour crew will soon be stepping into space to give the International Space Station's newest robot a pair of arms.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #09 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Foreman, Linnehan. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The crews of Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station opened the hatch to the station's new module, the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module -Pressurized Section (JLP), at 8:23 p.m. CDT Friday. Commander Peggy Whitson and Mission Specia. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Linnehan. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Astronauts Rick Linnehan and Mike Foreman spent more than seven hours outside the International Space Station today attaching the two arms of the Canadian Space Agency's Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, or Dextre.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Gorie, Linnehan, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. Now almost halfway through their 16-day mission, and with two spacewalks under their belts, space shuttle Endeavour's crew members will focus on getting the cargo they brought to the station up and running.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/16/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Linnehan, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-123. Sunday - 1J/A Flight Day 6/7 (FD6/7).. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Linnehan, Reisman. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. A new robot came alive and moved its arms outside the International Space Station overnight. Astronauts onboard the station moved Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, for the first time.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/17/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Linnehan, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. 1J/A Flight Day 7/8 (FD7/8). Underway: Week 22 of Increment 16.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Johnson, Gregory H, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. With the addition of a now-fully-assembled new robot to the International Space Station, the station and space shuttle Endeavour crews have a busy day of robotics work ahead of them.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/18/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-123. STS-123-1J/A Flight Day (FD) 8/9.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #18 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Gorie, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The crews on board space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are getting a break from the action today before preparing for a spacewalk which will demonstrate a technique for repairing shuttle heat shield tiles.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Foreman, Gorie, Linnehan, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station spent the afternoon speaking with audiences around the world and preparing for tomorrow's spacewalk to evaluate a shuttle heat shield tile repair technique.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/19/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Linnehan, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. STS-123-1J/A Flight Day (FD) 9/10.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 03/21/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. STS-123-1J/A Flight Day (FD) 11/12.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #22 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The crew will take another look at space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield today using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, which will be stowed on the exterior of the International Space Station during tomorrow's fifth and final planned spacewalk of the mission. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Foreman. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. After 13 busy days in space, the crew of space shuttle Endeavour will get some downtime today before bidding farewell to the International Space Station tomorrow.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #28 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Doi, Johnson, Gregory H. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16. The space shuttle Endeavour crew has just a few hours left to spend at the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-123 MCC Status Report #33 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan, Reisman. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123, STS-123 ISS EO-16.

  After orbiting the Earth an extra revolution due to weather at the landing site, space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew landed on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center at 7:39 p.m. CDT today, completing a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles. Additional Details: here....

• Landing of STS-123 - . Return Crew: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Behnken, Doi, Eyharts, Foreman, Gorie, Johnson, Gregory H, Linnehan. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123.