STS-131
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STS-131 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery launched on April 5, 2010, at 6:21 am from LC-39A, and landed at 9:08 am on April 20, 2010, on runw
Canadarm2 grapples the MPLM Leonardo in Discovery's payload bay, prior to berthing
Seated: James Dutton (left) Alan Poindexter (right), Standing (l-r): Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Naoko Yamazaki (JAXA) and Clayton AndersonSpace Shuttle program← STS-130STS-132 →
LMC with ATAs STS-131. Note that the MISSE-6 FSE return was deferred to STS-133.
The first time four women were in space at the same time.
Naoko Yamazaki
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Naoko Yamazaki is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA. She was the second Japanese woman to fly in space. The first was Chiaki Mukai.
STS-131
…and pilot Jim Dutton fired Discovery's Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) engines to correct and further refine the shuttle's path to the ISS. Astronauts Naoko Yamazaki and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger began activating and checking out the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) also known as the Canadarm. While…
Yamazaki in 2009
Astronauts Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, Naoko Yamazaki and Stephanie Wilson in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station during mission STS-131