Background
Mukai, Chiaki was born on May 6, 1952 in Tatebayasha, Japan.
Mukai, Chiaki was born on May 6, 1952 in Tatebayasha, Japan.
Doctor of Medicine, Keio University, 1977. Doctor Physiology, Keio University, 1988.
Resident in general surgery Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, 1977—1978, resident in cardiovascular surgery, 1980, chief resident cardiovascular surgery, 1983. Member medical staff general surgery Shimizu General Hospital, Japan, 1978. Member medical staff in emergency surgery Saiseikai Kanagawa Hospital, Japan, 1979.
Member medical staff in cardiovascular surgery Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Tochigi, Japan, 1982. Astronaut, payload specialist National Space Development Agency Japan, since 1985, member STS-65 Columbia mission, 1994, member STS-95 Discovery mission, 1998.
Member of Japan Surgical Society, Japanese Society Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Japan Society Aerospace and Environmental Medicine (commendation for technical award 1993), Japan Society Microgravity Applications, American Aerospace Medical Association.