Astronaut Mukai autographs Discovery crew pictures

Astronaut Mukai autographs Discovery crew pictures

Astronaut Chiaki Mukai autographs pictures of U.S. space shuttle Discovery's crew Nov. 8 at a gathering in Houston, Texas, after the shuttle returned to Earth on Nov. 7 in Florida. Mukai, 46, is Japan's first female astronaut and the first Japanese to travel twice in space.

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