ASTRONAUT

Chiaki Mukai

1952 - Today

Photo of Chiaki Mukai

Icon of person Chiaki Mukai

Chiaki Mukai (向井 千秋, Mukai Chiaki; born May 6, 1952) is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman in space. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chiaki Mukai is the 159th most popular astronaut (down from 155th in 2019), the 1,103rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,145th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Chiaki Mukai by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Chiaki Mukai ranks 159 out of 556. Before her are Vitaly Zholobov, Pavel Vinogradov, Karen Nyberg, Lev Dyomin, Mike Massimino, and Michael Foreman. After her are Valeri Tokarev, Yury Glazkov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Roberta Bondar, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, and Vladimir Kovalyonok.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Chiaki Mukai ranks 282. Before her are Abdalá Bucaram, Hilary Mantel, Henry Selick, Miyuki Nakajima, Johanna Klier, and Moya Brennan. After her are Valeri Tokarev, Walter Isaacson, Jim Ratcliffe, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Quim Monzó, and Martin Parr.

Others Born in 1952

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiaki Mukai ranks 1,103 out of 6,245. Before her are Rintaro (1941), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Ryuichi Sugiyama (1941), Mayumi Kaji (1964), Chishū Ryū (1904), and Maruyama Ōkyo (1733). After her are Yumi Watanabe (1970), Haruo Nakajima (1929), Naohiro Oyama (1974), Shigeharu Ueki (1954), Yuji Nakayoshi (1972), and Tamotsu Suzuki (1947).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Chiaki Mukai ranks 2. Before her are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942). After her are Koichi Wakata (1963), Mamoru Mohri (1948), Takao Doi (1954), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Takuya Onishi (1975), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

Japanese born Astronauts

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous