1.   Dr. Mukai, who also has a doctorate in physiology, is the second Japanese astronaut to fly on a shuttle.

2.   Duque is the first Spaniard in space, and Mukai is the first Japanese astronaut to go twice.

3.   During the spacewalk, Japanese astronaut Takao Doi and American Winston Scott plan to test tools and equipment destined for the proposed space station.

4.   In addition to Doi, a Japanese astronaut, the five-man, one-woman shuttle crew includes guest astronaut Leonid Kadenyuk of Ukraine.

5.   Japanese astronaut Chukai Mukai reported the healthy development of dozens of incubating Medaka eggs.

6.   The robotics test will cap a long spacewalk by Scott and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi.

7.   Their crew mates include flight engineer Scott Parazynski, Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Glenn.

8.   Working closely with the spacewalkers were Endeavour pilot Brent Jett and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who operated the robot arm.

9.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto spoke with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata aboard the space shuttle Endeavor on Saturday to wish him a successful mission.

10.   Empress Michiko, wearing a long white dress, read a poem about Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who flew on the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour last year.