Chiaki Mukai
Physician and astronaut with space missions
Born
May 6th, 1952
72 years ago
Category
Explorers & Adventurers
Country
Japan
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A physician and astronaut, her career in space exploration includes notable missions aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour and Space Shuttle Discovery. Primarily specializing in medicine and physiology, she contributed to research on the effects of space travel on human health. Mukai became the first Japanese woman in space during her mission in 1994 and has focused on advancing medical knowledge through her experiences in microgravity.
First Japanese woman in space
Participated in Space Shuttle missions
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