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'''[[Takao Doi]]''' (土井隆雄 ''Doi Takao'', born September 18, 1954) is a [[Japan|Japanese]] astronaut and a veteran of one [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle]] mission.

Doi holds a doctorate from the [[University of Tokyo]] in aerospace engineering, and has studied and published in the fields of propulsion systems, and microgravity technology. He was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in 1985 and flew as a mission specialist aboard [[STS-87]] in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.

Takao Doi is currently assigned to the [[STS-123]] crew that will deliver the first module of the Japanese laboratory, [[Japanese Experiment Module|Kibō]], to the [[International Space Station]]. 

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