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.
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- Born in
- Tatebayashi
- Educated at
- Keio University
- Awards
- 🏆 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour
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1952
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