Koichi Wakata

Veteran Japanese astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station now working with Axiom Space, with over 500 days in space across several missions and commercial space projects.

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Feb 19, 2026 • 56min

The life of astronauts — with 2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg

Tibor Kapu, Hungarian mechanical engineer and recent astronaut; Koichi Wakata, veteran Japanese commander with 500+ days in space; Joseph Acaba, NASA chief astronaut involved in Artemis; Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australian Space Agency director and 2026 Australian of the Year. They discuss astronaut selection and intense training. They talk teamwork, coping with isolation, commercial space and spacesuit design. Re-entry and spacewalk experiences are also covered.

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