Chiaki Mukai
Chiaki Mukai (born May 6, 1952, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese doctor, and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, and was the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights. Mukai was selected to be an astronaut by Japanese national space agency NASDA (now called JAXA) in 1985. Prior to this, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery in Keio University, the oldest university in Japan.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-65 PSP 08.07. - 23.07.1994 14d 17h 55m
2 STS-95 PSP 29.10. - 07.11.1998 8d 21h 44m
Total 23d 15h 39m
