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Chiaki Mukai is a Japanese physician 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.

Mukai was selected to be an astronaut by Japanese national space agency NASDA in 1985. Prior to this, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Keio University, the oldest university in Japan. In 2015, she became Vice President of the Tokyo University of Science. In addition, she became JAXA Technical Counselor. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. May 1952
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Famous Chiaki Mukai Quotes

“Many people are losing themselves. They don't have something to believe in…We should believe in ourselves and be more self-confident.”

Chiaki Mukai

“On a personal note, I am grateful to have had opportunities to journey into space. It took nearly ten years to see my dreams come true. It was indeed worth the effort and the wait.”

Chiaki Mukai

And I strongly believe that "Education enables us to envision and to pursue our dreams."
Source: Space and I, Chiaki Mukai http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/space-and-i/

“In each of our lives, nobody knows what will be happen--nor be able to predict the circumstances or events of what may or may not occur in our futures. In any case, I make a conscious effort to never forget how very fortunate I truly am.”

Chiaki Mukai

Source: Space and I, Chiaki Mukai http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/space-and-i/

“Before men and women, we are human beings. That is common sense. If you want to do something, go for it.”

Chiaki Mukai

Source: Chiaki Mukai – Astronaut - The Heroine Collective http://www.theheroinecollective.com/chiaki-mukai-astronaut/

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