Mukai voices deep regret over Columbia

Mukai voices deep regret over Columbia

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, United States - Japan's first female astronaut Chiaki Mukai voices her deepest regret Feb. 2 over the breakup of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia during a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Mukai took part in shuttle missions in 1994 and 1998. (Kyodo)

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