Bidspirit auction | Astronaut Chiaki Mukai signed NASA

Astronaut Chiaki Mukai signed NASA Space Shuttle STS-65 Launch FDC PM Greenbelt ND Jul 8 PM 1994 20770 9998. Missions STS-65 STS-95. In 1985, Mukai was selected as one of three Japanese Payload Specialist candidates for the First Material Processing Test (Spacelab-J) which flew aboard STS-47. She also served as a back-up payload specialist for the Neurolab (STS-90) mission. Mukai has logged over 566 hours in space. She flew aboard STS-65 in 1994 and STS-95 in 1998. She is the first Japanese woman to fly in space, and the first Japanese citizen to fly twice.