Soichi Noguchi Flight Assignment: SpaceX's First Operational Mission/Crew-1 Selected to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency: 1996 Previous Spaceflights: Two Soichi Noguchi was selected as an astronaut candidate by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (currently, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA) in 1996 and is a veteran of two space missions. He currently is training for the first operational flight—the second crew flight—for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. Noguichi and his crewmates, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Shannon Walker, are working closely with SpaceX on their new spacecraft systems. Crew Dragon will provide round-trip crew transportation services to the International Space Station and, along with Boeing’s CST- 100 Starliner spacecraft, return the nation's ability to launch humans to low-Earth orbit from the United States. The Japanese native was a member of the STS-114 and Expedition 22/23 crews, was the first Japanese astronaut to performs EVAs on the space station and has logged over 20 hours during three spacewalks. Find more about Noguchi here: https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/astro/biographies/noguchi/index.html Shannon Walker Flight Assignment: SpaceX First Operational Mission/Crew-1 Selected to NASA Astronaut Corps: 2004 Previous Spaceflights: One Shannon Walker was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2004 and is a veteran of two spaceflights. She currently is training for the first operational flight—the second crew flight—for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. Walker and her crewmates, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi, are working closely with SpaceX on their new spacecraft systems. Crew Dragon will provide round-trip crew transportation services to the International Space Station and, along with Boeing’s Starliner, return the ability to launch humans into low-Earth orbit from the United States. A native of Houston, TX, Walker served as a crew member for Expeditions 24 and 25 and is one of only 35 people to be both astronauts and aquanauts, having commanded the NASA Extreme Environments Mission Operations (NEEMO) 15 mission. She has logged more than 160 days in space. Walker holds several degrees including a Doctorate of Philosophy in Space Physics. Find more about Walker here: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/walker- shannon