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CHIAKI MUKAI A FIRST IN SPACE

CHIAKI MUKAI A FIRST IN SPACE,Interview with Chiaki Mukai, Japan's first female astronaut, Mamoru Mohri, Columbia launch, live video from the Space Shuttle, Columbia Captain Robert Cabana, Space Shuttle=Date:1994, Place:unknown

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16-yr-old becomes youngest female 'go' game title holder

TOKYO, Japan - Rina Fujisawa, a female player of the "go" Japanese board game, wins the women's "Honinbo" title in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, by thrashing title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best-of-five competition, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month. Fujisawa eclipsed the previous record of 17 years and a month set in 2006 by Taiwanese player Hsieh Yi Min.

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Fujisawa beats 'go' game title holder to win top honor

TOKYO, Japan - Female "go" player Rina Fujisawa (R) grabs her first major title of the women's "Honinbo" when she beat title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best of five matches in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month.

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Clinton arrives in Japan on 1st trip abroad to engage Asia

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with Naoko Yamazaki (L), the second Japanese female astronaut to go into space, and Chiaki Mukai (R), the first Japanese female astronaut, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 16, with Japanese athletes of the Special Olympics World Winter Games surrounding them. Clinton arrived in Tokyo to kick off her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese astronaut Doi talks with Fukuda, Tokai, school juniors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R in front) is briefed at his office on March 20 on the inside of a stowage module for Japan's manned space laboratory Kibo by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (R in a monitor screen at rear), who is staying on the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth. At right is astronaut Chiaki Mukai and at left are pupils of Doi's old school, Higashi Junior High School in Kofu, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture.

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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.

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NASDA appoints Sumino as Japan's 2nd female astronaut

TOKYO, Japan - Naoko Sumino, whom the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) appointed as its eighth astronaut, speaks to reporters at NASDA's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept 26. Sumino, NASDA's second female astronaut after Chiaki Mukai, will be trained in machinery operation for a mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Obuchi talks with Clinton

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) talks with U.S. President Bill Clinton during dinner on Nov. 19 at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo. The two leaders hailed bilateral cooperation such as exemplified by Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai's role in a space shuttle mission that also included U.S. Sen. John Glenn. Obuchi said the mission was a source of ''dreams and hopes'' for the people of Japan. (Pool photo)

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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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Discovery crew waving hands for press

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (third from L), U.S. Sen. John Glenn (third from R) and the five other crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery meet the press Nov. 8 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery returned home the previous day after successfully ending its nine-day mission. The crew members later returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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Space shuttle Discovery's crew meet press

The seven crew members on the space shuttle Discovery hold a press conference Nov. 5, with reporters posing questions through TV monitors at the Johnson Space Center. Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (R on TV screen) told reporters she would like to stay longer in space. Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 7.

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Mukai, Glenn head for press conference

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (L) heads for a press conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Nov. 8 after the U.S. space shuttle Discovery returned home with its seven-member crew including U.S. Sen. John Glenn (R). Discovery returned to Earth on Nov. 7, successfully ending its nine-day mission during which some 80 experiments ranging from biological to solar studies were conducted.

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Obuchi talks to Mukai

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), flanked by Science and Technology Agency chief Yutaka Takeyama, talks to Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C in TV frame), now on board the U.S. shuttle Discovery, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 5. ''I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the success of the launching of the shuttle,'' Obuchi said during the 20-minute conversation which started shortly before 6 a.m.

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Mukai speaks to press before shuttle launch

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai speaks to the press upon her arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday Oct. 26. She talked about her hopes for the upcoming U.S. space shuttle mission which will take her to space for a second time. Her six colleagues aboard the space shuttle Discovery, to be launched on Oct. 29, include Sen. John Glenn, a former astronaut who first traveled to space 36 years ago.

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Japanese astronaut Doi talks with Fukuda, Tokai, school juniors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R in front) is briefed at his office on March 20 on the inside of a stowage module for Japan's manned space laboratory Kibo by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (R in a monitor screen at rear), who is staying on the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth. At right is astronaut Chiaki Mukai and at left are pupils of Doi's old school, Higashi Junior High School in Kofu, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Clinton arrives in Japan on 1st trip abroad to engage Asia

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with Naoko Yamazaki (L), the second Japanese female astronaut to go into space, and Chiaki Mukai (R), the first Japanese female astronaut, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 16, with Japanese athletes of the Special Olympics World Winter Games surrounding them. Clinton arrived in Tokyo to kick off her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Mukai gets France's highest honor

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai receives France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, for her contributions to strengthening cooperation between France and Japan in the field of space exploration. Mukai became Japan's first female astronaut when she boarded the space shuttle Columbia in 1994 as a payload specialist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Japanese female astronaut Mukai to head U.N. space subcommittee

Undated photo shows Chiaki Mukai, the first Japanese female astronaut, who will assume the chairwomanship of a subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in February 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujitsu names female astronaut Mukai as external director

Undated photo shows Japanese female astronaut Chiaki Mukai, who will become an external director of Fujitsu Ltd. on June 22, 2015. The computer maker aims to promote women's participation in society and utilize her international experience. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese female astronaut Mukai honored by France

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C) is awarded a Chevalier (knight) medal at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015. She served as a visiting professor at the International Space University in Strasbourg in France from 2004 to 2007. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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16-yr-old becomes youngest female 'go' game title holder

TOKYO, Japan - Rina Fujisawa, a female player of the "go" Japanese board game, wins the women's "Honinbo" title in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, by thrashing title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best-of-five competition, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month. Fujisawa eclipsed the previous record of 17 years and a month set in 2006 by Taiwanese player Hsieh Yi Min. (Kyodo)

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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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NASDA appoints Sumino as Japan's 2nd female astronaut

TOKYO, Japan - Naoko Sumino, whom the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) appointed as its eighth astronaut, speaks to reporters at NASDA's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept 26. Sumino, NASDA's second female astronaut after Chiaki Mukai, will be trained in machinery operation for a mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts attend emperor's tea party

Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (3rd from L) entertain U.S. astronaut John Glenn (2nd from L), Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (3rd from R) and other crew members of the space shuttle Discovery at a tea party Jan. 27. It was the 3rd time that Glenn, 77, met the emperor. They met in the United States in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1963, both times when the emperor was crown prince.

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Mukai, Glenn head for press conference

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (L) heads for a press conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Nov. 8 after the U.S. space shuttle Discovery returned home with its seven-member crew including U.S. Sen. John Glenn (R). Discovery returned to Earth on Nov. 7, successfully ending its nine-day mission during which some 80 experiments ranging from biological to solar studies were conducted.

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Discovery crew waving hands for press

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (third from L), U.S. Sen. John Glenn (third from R) and the five other crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery meet the press Nov. 8 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery returned home the previous day after successfully ending its nine-day mission. The crew members later returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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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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Space shuttle Discovery's crew meet press

The seven crew members on the space shuttle Discovery hold a press conference Nov. 5, with reporters posing questions through TV monitors at the Johnson Space Center. Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (R on TV screen) told reporters she would like to stay longer in space. Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 7.

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Obuchi talks to Mukai

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), flanked by Science and Technology Agency chief Yutaka Takeyama, talks to Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C in TV frame), now on board the U.S. shuttle Discovery, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 5. ''I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the success of the launching of the shuttle,'' Obuchi said during the 20-minute conversation which started shortly before 6 a.m.

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Mukai speaks to press before shuttle launch

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai speaks to the press upon her arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday Oct. 26. She talked about her hopes for the upcoming U.S. space shuttle mission which will take her to space for a second time. Her six colleagues aboard the space shuttle Discovery, to be launched on Oct. 29, include Sen. John Glenn, a former astronaut who first traveled to space 36 years ago.