Toyohiro Akiyama
Japanese TV journalist and cosmonaut (born 1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Toyohiro Akiyama (秋山 豊寛, Akiyama Toyohiro, born 22 July 1942) is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station.[4] He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space,[5] and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded.[4] Akiyama was also the first civilian to fly aboard a commercial space flight and the first journalist to report from outer space.[1][2]
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Toyohiro Akiyama | |
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秋山豊寛 | |
Born | (1942-06-22) 22 June 1942 (age 81) Tokyo, Japan |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Space journalist[1][2] Space antihero[3] |
Alma mater | International Christian University (BS, 1966?) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist (TBS), professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design |
Awards | Order of Friendship of Peoples Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" |
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TBS Research Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 7d 21h 54min 40sec |
Selection | Soyuz TM-11 mission |
Missions | Soyuz TM-11 / Soyuz TM-10 |
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Children | 2 |
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