Yozo Hirano
Yozo Hirano is a private orbital astronaut and international visitor. That professional background preceded Hirano's participation in Roscosmos / Space Adventures's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Japan
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
11 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes
Bio
Soyuz MS-20 launched on December 8, 2021 aboard Soyuz MS-20 flight vehicle, with Hirano serving as Spaceflight Participant.
The flights combined Soyuz launch and return operations with the long-duration station work, research, and maintenance assigned to each . Yozo Hirano therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Hirano's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment. The flight converted that professional background into direct experience of launch, weightlessness, Earth viewing, , and recovery.