Chiaki Mukai

Chiaki Mukai is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman in space. Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1994, which was a Spacelab mission. Her second spaceflight was STS-95 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. In total she has spent 23 days in space.

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1952  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Chiaki Naito
astronaut, physician, surgeon, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Japan, 

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  STS-65 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-95 ⓘ
  Space Shuttle mission

Japan, 

1952-05-06T00:00:00Z

1952-05-06T00:00:00Z

1952 Chiaki Mukai

1994-07-08T00:00:00Z

1994-07-08T00:00:00Z

1994 STS-65

1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

1998 STS-95

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KSC-98PC-1274

KSC-98PC-1274

STS095-324-011 - STS-095 - Parazynski in the Spacehab module - DPLA - 66a63116f6db71116a60ae893c494e10

STS095-324-011 - STS-095 - Parazynski in the Spacehab module - DPLA - 66a63116f6db71116a60ae893c494e10

STS065-20-019 - STS-065 - In-flight crew portrait - DPLA - 5f428fd96715b1c6f2e05931d906c0e1

STS065-20-019 - STS-065 - In-flight crew portrait - DPLA - 5f428fd96715b1c6f2e05931d906c0e1

STS095-355-032 - STS-095 - Mukai on aft flight deck with HDTV camera - DPLA - 90cffd8185c669bad0989247fb95216a

STS095-355-032 - STS-095 - Mukai on aft flight deck with HDTV camera - DPLA - 90cffd8185c669bad0989247fb95216a

STS095-338-017 - STS-095 - NIH-C8 - Mukai on middeck - DPLA - 0f687d7f937fedb713676378180d8e7c

STS095-338-017 - STS-095 - NIH-C8 - Mukai on middeck - DPLA - 0f687d7f937fedb713676378180d8e7c

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1994	STS-65	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1998	STS-95	human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		KSC-98PC-1274		Commons
commons	image		KSC-98PC-1274		Commons
commons	image		STS095-324-011 - STS-095 - Parazynski in the Spacehab module - DPLA - 66a63116f6db71116a60ae893c494e10		Commons
commons	image		STS095-324-011 - STS-095 - Parazynski in the Spacehab module - DPLA - 66a63116f6db71116a60ae893c494e10		Commons
commons	image		STS065-20-019 - STS-065 - In-flight crew portrait - DPLA - 5f428fd96715b1c6f2e05931d906c0e1		Commons
commons	image		STS065-20-019 - STS-065 - In-flight crew portrait - DPLA - 5f428fd96715b1c6f2e05931d906c0e1		Commons
commons	image		STS095-355-032 - STS-095 - Mukai on aft flight deck with HDTV camera - DPLA - 90cffd8185c669bad0989247fb95216a		Commons
commons	image		STS095-355-032 - STS-095 - Mukai on aft flight deck with HDTV camera - DPLA - 90cffd8185c669bad0989247fb95216a		Commons
commons	image		STS095-338-017 - STS-095 - NIH-C8 - Mukai on middeck - DPLA - 0f687d7f937fedb713676378180d8e7c		Commons
commons	image		STS095-338-017 - STS-095 - NIH-C8 - Mukai on middeck - DPLA - 0f687d7f937fedb713676378180d8e7c		Commons