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STS-95 Landing
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STS-95 Landing |
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Orbiter Discovery is riding on its main landing gear as it lowers its nose wheel after touching down on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to Earth with its crew of seven after successfully completing mission STS-95, lasting nearly nine days and 3.6 million miles. The crew includes mission commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr., pilot Steven W. Lindsey, mission specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, with the European Space Agency (ESA), payload specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and payload specialist John H. Glenn, Jr., a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts. The mission included research payloads such as the Spartan-201 solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. |
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11/7/1998 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Onboard photo: Astronauts at
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Onboard photo: Astronauts at work |
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1994-07-08 |
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Onboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-65) Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai is ready to begin one of her busy twelve hour shifts as she enters the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) spacelab science module via the spacelab turnel (note hatch opening behind her). The tunnel connects the IML-2 module with the Orbiter Vehicle's (OV) crew compartment. Mounted on a rack handrail and on a forward end cone bracket are video cameras that will record the two weeks of experimenting inside the module. Mukai is a representative from the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan. |
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Pan Pacific Microgravity Con
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Pan Pacific Microgravity Conference -- Outreach |
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2001-10-04 |
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Dr. Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) speaks to students at the California Science Center during the outreach session of the Pan Pacific Microgravity Conference on May 2, 2001. She flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions, STS-65 carrying the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2, 1994) and STS-95 (1998). |
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STS-65 Onboard Photograph
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STS-65 Onboard Photograph |
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1994-07-01 |
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Astronaut Chiaki Mukai conducts the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) experiment inside the International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) mission science module. Dr. Chiaki Mukai is one of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) astronauts chosen by NASA as a payload specialist (PS). She was the second NASDA PS who flew aboard the Space Shuttle, and was the first female astronaut in Asia. When humans go into space, the lack of gravity causes many changes in the body. One change is that fluids normally kept in the lower body by gravity shift upward to the head and chest. This is why astronauts' faces appear chubby or puffy. The change in fluid volume also affects the heart. The reduced fluid volume means that there is less blood to circulate through the body. Crewmembers may experience reduced blood flow to the brain when returning to Earth. This leads to fainting or near-fainting episodes. With the use of the LBNP to simulate the pull of gravity in conjunction with fluids, salt tablets can recondition the cardiovascular system. This treatment, called "soak," is effective up to 24 hours. The LBNP uses a three-layer collapsible cylinder that seals around the crewmember's waist which simulates the effects of gravity and helps pull fluids into the lower body. The data collected will be analyzed to determine physiological changes in the crewmembers and effectiveness of the treatment. The IML-2 was the second in a series of Spacelab flights designed by the international science community to conduct research in a microgravity environment Managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, the IML-2 was launched on July 8, 1994 aboard the STS-65 Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia mission. |
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STS-95 Crew Portrait
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STS-95 Crew Portrait |
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1997-12-14 |
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Five astronauts based at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and two payload specialists comprising the STS-95 mission take a break from their training schedule to pose for the STS-95 preflight portrait. Seated (left to right) are Steven W. Lindsey, pilot, and Curtis L. Brown, commander. Standing (left to right) are Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist, Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist, Chiaki Mukai (NASDA), payload specialist, Pedro Duque (ESA), mission specialist, and John H. Glenn, payload specialist. Glenn was a U.S. Senator and the first American to orbit the Earth in Friendship 7 in February of 1962. The seven launched into Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on October 29, 1998 at 2:19:34 pm (EST). The primary payload was SPACEHAB, in which many experiments were carried out. |
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Space Shuttle Discovery lift
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Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off successfully |
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Clouds of exhaust fill Launch Pad 39B as Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off at 2:19 p.m. EST Oct. 29 on mission STS-95. Making his second voyage into space after 36 years is Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio. Other crew members are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, (M.D., Ph.D.), with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), and Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski. The STS-95 mission includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Discovery is expected to return to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7. |
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10.29.1998 |
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STS-47 backup Payload Specia
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STS-47 backup Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai trains at Homestead AFB |
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STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, backup Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai participates in a special survival training course hosted by Homestead Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida. Mukai, wearing helmet and life jacket, prepares to use a slide wire system to simulate the rapid approach of a parachute into a water landing. Training instructors coach her before she is dropped from the tower platform. The exercise was part of an overall course on water survival, attended by STS-47 prime and alternate payload specialists shortly after they were announced for the scheduled summer of 1992 Spacelab Japan (SLJ) mission. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). |
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12.17.1990 |
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STS-47 Japanese Payload Spec
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STS-47 Japanese Payload Specialist Mohri and backups during Homestead training |
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STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Japanese Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri (far left), backup Payload Specialist Takao Doi (center), and backup Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (right) participate in water survival training at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. Dockside, Mohri and Mukai wash the salt water from their personalized helmets after a water exercise. The three-day course was attended by the STS-47 prime and alternate payload specialists shortly after they were announced for the scheduled summer of 1992 Spacelab Japan (SLJ) mission. Mohri, Doi, and Mukai all represent the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). |
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12.17.1990 |
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STS-95 Payload Specialist Gl
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STS-95 Payload Specialist Glenn participates in a media briefing before returning to JSC |
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STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, participates in a media briefing at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site Auditorium before returning to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The STS-95 mission ended with landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 12:04 p.m. EST on Nov. 7. Also participating in the briefing were the other STS-95 crew members: Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist and Payload Commander Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque, with the European Space Agency (ESA), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The mission included research payloads such as the Spartan-201 solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. |
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11.08.1998 |
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Various views of STS-65 crew
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1997-12-16 |
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STS095-351-037
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1998-11-19 |
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Plant experiment on Spacelab
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STS065-207-005
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Plant experiment on Spacelab
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STS065-207-006
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STS095-356-022
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1998-11-19 |
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Various views of STS-65 crew
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STS065-205-035
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1997-12-16 |
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STS095-356-003
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1998-11-19 |
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NASA |
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STS095-356-003 |
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STS-65 crewmembers aboard th
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STS065-05-037
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1997-09-10 |
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STS065-05-037 |
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