Chiaki Mukai

Chiaki Mukai (向井 千秋 Mukai Chiaki, 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. 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.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-95 — Payload Specialist · Success · October 29, 1998
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-65 — Payload Specialist · Success · July 8, 1994