#naoko yamazaki
Naoko Yamazaki was born on December 27, 1970 in Matsudo, Japan. In 1999, Yamazaki was chosen as an astronaut candidate by what is now JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. Before this, she had been part of the development of the ISS Centrifuge. Yamazaki completed her astronaut training at the Johnson Space Center in 2006, and four years later, she was a mission specialist on the crew of shuttle mission STS-131. She has logged more than 362 hours in outer space.
Happy birthday Naoko Yamazaki!
