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STS-47 backup Payload Specia
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STS-47 backup Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai trains at Homestead AFB |
| Description |
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). |
| Date Taken |
1990-12-17 |
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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). |
| Date Taken |
1990-12-17 |
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Official portrait of STS-65
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Official portrait of STS-65 IML-2 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai |
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Official portrait of STS-65 International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan and will conduct experiments aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, inside the IML-2 spacelab module. |
| Date Taken |
1993-10-25 |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Spec
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Mukai at CCT side hatch during training |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai takes a break from training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Wearing a training version of the orange launch and entry suit (LES), Mukai stands at the crew compartment trainer (CCT) side hatch in the Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. Note the crew escape system (CES) pole device extending out the side hatch which would accommodate crewmembers in bailout from a troubled spacecraft. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan and will serve as a payload specialist aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, during the STS-65 International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-12-22 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai holds SARSAT PLB during bailout briefing |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai checks out the space shuttle search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) portable locating beacon (PLB) during emergency egress bailout briefing held in a conference room in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The PLB would be used in the event of an emergency egress situation from the space shuttle. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will join six NASA astronauts for the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-07 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Ch
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and Payload Specialist Mukai at JSC's WETF |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, in LES, sit on chairs along the poolside prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two crewmembers await a simulated parachute drop into the pool. A portion of the STS-65 crew was in the WETF for bailout training. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will join Chiao and five other NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai floats in WETF pool during bailout training |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), is assisted by a team of SCUBA-equipped divers during a launch emergency egress (bailout) training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Mukai floats via underarm flotation device or "Mae West's" during the bailout exercise. A portion of the STS-65 crew participated in the exercise. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai in LES with Rockwell's Scott Gill at WETF |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and clamshell helmet, is assisted by Rockwell's Charles S. Gill prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai was joined by six NASA astronauts for the training session. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), along with the STS-65 crew will spend approximately two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai dons LES and parachute with technicians' help |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai adjusts the neck dam of her launch and entry suit (LES) as Boeing's Sharon Daley and Grady Due help her with the parachute pack prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai will join six NASA astronauts later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. Mukai represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai floats in WETF pool during bailout training |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats via underarm flotation device or "Mae West's" during a training exercise at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). A portion of the STS-65 crew participated in the launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai sits on the poolside during bailout training |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), sits on the poolside of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. In preparation for the launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise, Mukai will be suspended via her parachute harness (note straps extended in front of her) over the WETF pool and then dropped. A portion of the STS-65 crew was in the WETF for the bailout training. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
| Date Taken |
1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Spec
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Mukai prepares for MAIL egress training |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), prepares to participate in a training session in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. The entire STS-65 crew was on hand for egress training and countdown rehearsals. Representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) Mukai will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
| Date Taken |
1994-04-04 |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Spec
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Mukai on OV-102's aft flight deck |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai freefloats on Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck in front of overhead windows W7 and W8 while holding a cassette case with bean sprouts in her left hand. Mukai, a physician, represented Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) on the two week mission in support of the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2). |
| Date Taken |
1994-07-23 |
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STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu
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| Title |
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai enters IML-2 spacelab module aboard OV-102 |
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During STS-65 aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, 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 tunnel (note hatch opening behind her). The tunnel connects the IML-2 module with the OV-102's crew compartment. Mounted on a rack handrail and on an 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. |
| Date Taken |
1994-07-23 |
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