STS-87 crew
Front row (L-R): Kalpana Chawla, Steve Lindsey, Kevin Kregel, Leonid Kadeniuk
Back row (L-R): Winston Scott, Takao Doi
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-87), launched November 19, 1997, was the first EVA conducted by a Japanese astronaut. Its crew consisted of Commander Kevin Kregel, Pilot Steve Lindsey, Kalpana Chawla, Winston Scott, Takao Doi (JAXA), and Leonid Kadeniuk (first Ukrainian astronaut).
Scott and Doi conducted two EVAs, which lasted almost 13 hours total.
They returned to Earth December 5.
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