Chiaki Mukai
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Chiaki Mukai (born May 6, 1952, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese physician and JAXA explorer.
She was the first Japanese woman to fly, and she was the first female to fly.
Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was a Space Shuttle Columbia flight in July 1994, which was a Spacelab mission.
STS-95 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 was her second space flight.
In total, she has spent 23 days in space. In 1985, Mukai was chosen to be an explorer by Japan's national space agency NASDA (now called JAXA).
She served as an assistant professor in Keio University's Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan's oldest university.
She became Vice President of the Tokyo University of Science in 2015.
In addition, she became a JAXA Technical Counselor.
Early life and education
Chiaki Mukai was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture. In 1971, she graduated from Keio Girls Senior High School in Tokyo. She received her doctorate in medicine from Keio University School of Medicine, 1977; a doctorate in physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 1988; board certified as a cardiovascular surgeon. The Japan Surgical Society, 1989.
Mukai is a member of the American Aerospace Medical Association; the Japan Society of Microgravity Applications; the Japan Society of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine; the Japanese Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; and the Japan Surgical Society.
Personal life
She is married to Makio Mukai, M.D., Ph.D. She is married to Makio Mukai, M.D., Ph.D., She is married to Makio Mukai, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D. Snow skiing, Alpine competitive skiing, bass fishing, scuba diving, golf, golf, photography, American Literature, and traveling are among her recreational passions.
Medical career
Mukai has worked in many hospitals and clinics.
Since 1979, Mukai has been recognized with about sixty peer-reviewed scientific papers.
Astronaut career
In 1985, Mukai was selected as one of three Japanese Payload Specialist candidates for the First Material Processing Test (Spacelab-J), which flown aboard the STS-47. She also served as a back-up payload specialist for the Neurolab (STS-90) mission. Mukai has flown for over 566 hours in space. She appeared on STS-65 in 1994 and STS-95 in 1998. She is the first Japanese woman to fly in space and the first Japanese citizen to fly twice.
She served as a NASDA astronaut as a visiting scientist at the Division of Cardiovascular Physiology, Space Biomedical Research Institute, NASA Johnson Space Center from 1987 to 1988. Since 1992, Mukai has been a Research Instructor at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. She served as a visiting assistant professor at Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, from 1992 to 1999, and was promoted to a visiting professor of the university in 1999.
NASDA's name, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, was renamed on October 1, 2003 by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAX) and NAL (National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan).
Mukai's deputy mission scientist for STS-107 was given the assignment. She led science efforts for the science mission in that role. In 2009, Mukai became a visiting lecturer at the International Space University.
Columbia (July 8–23, 1994) was the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) flight. The mission involved 82 studies into Space Life Science (Human Physiology, Space Biology, Radiation Biology, and Bioprocessing) and Microgravity Science (Material Science, Fluid Science, and Countermeasures). IML-2 was also designated as an extended duration orbit mission focusing on medical research relating to the cardiovascular system, autonomic nervous system, and bone and muscle metabolism. The mission was accomplished on 336 orbits of the Earth, covering more than 6.1 million miles in 353 hours and 55 minutes.
The STS-95 mission (October 29 to November 7, 1998) was a nine-day mission in which the crew supported a variety of research tasks, including the development of the Spartan solar-observing spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, and studies into space flight and aging. The mission was carried out in 134 Earth orbits, covering 3.6 million miles in 213 hours and 44 minutes.