Japanese mother to travel into space on shuttle mission in 2010

Japanese mother to travel into space on shuttle mission in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki prepares to leave a news conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 11 after talking about being a crew member of a U.S. Space Shuttle mission in February 2010. Yamazaki, 37, the eighth Japanese astronaut to travel to space, has a 6-year-old daughter, making her the first Japanese mother to fly into space.

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