| May 1952 |
Born in Tatebayashi City, Gumma Prefecture |
| March 1977 |
Graduated from the School of Medicine, Keio University |
May 1977 to
April 1979 |
Residency at Keio University Hospital |
July 1983 to
October 1985 |
Assistant at the Medical Department of the Keio University
Hospital |
| August 1985 |
Selected by NASDA as Payload Specialist (PS)
for
the First Material Experiment (FUWATTO'92, NASA mission name "SPACE
LAB-J") with Mamoru Mohri and Takao Doi |
| November 1985 |
Joined NASDA |
| July 1988 |
Received a Doctorate in Medicine from Keio University,
specializing in cardiovascular surgery |
| June 1987 to December 1988 |
Conducted research activities at the Space Biomedical
Research Laboratorie of NASA Johnson Space Center |
| April 1990 |
Named as a alternate PS for "FUWATTO'92",
conducted training at NASA facilities |
| September 12 to 20, 1992 |
Performed ground support for "FUWATTO'92"
(STS-47) as alternate PS at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| October 1992 |
Assigned as PS for the Second International Microgravity
Laboratory (IML-2) |
| July 8 to 23, 1994 |
Boarded the Space Shuttle to performed various kinds
of experiments in orbit as PS of the IML-2 mission (STS-65), becoming the
first female Japanese astronaut |
| April 1997 |
Assigned as prime PS for the STS-95 mission |
| April 1998 |
Conducted ground support of STS-90 as alternate PS |
| October 1998 |
Scheduled to board the Shuttle for the second time
on STS-95 as PS |
