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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Who was born first?

• Chiaki Mukai and Kathryn C. Thornton were born the same year
• Chiaki Mukai and Linda M. Godwin were born the same year
• Chiaki Mukai and Dumitru Prunariu were born the same year
• Chiaki Mukai and Valeri Tokarev were born the same year
• Chiaki Mukai and Rodolfo Neri Vela were born the same year

Timeline

1. Chiaki Mukai (this page)May 6, 1952 – present
2. Dumitru PrunariuSeptember 27, 1952 – present
3. Kathryn C. ThorntonAugust 17, 1952 – present
4. Linda M. GodwinJuly 2, 1952 – present
5. Rodolfo Neri VelaFebruary 19, 1952 – present
6. Valeri TokarevOctober 29, 1952 – present

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Alexey LeonovMay 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• Sally RideMay 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016