Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency present Space Shuttle Mission STS-131: A special brown bag lecture with female Japanese Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki and her six fellow STS‐131 crew members Image above: Seated are Commander Alan Poindexter (right) and Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. From the left (standing) are Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf‐Lindenburger, Naoko Yamazaki and Clayton Anderson. Image credit: NASA th Thursday, May 27 from 1:00 – 1:50 pm Doors open @ 12:30 pm at the Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan Lafayette Centre III (lower level) 1155 21st Street NW, Washington D.C. 20036 Metro: Dupont Circle, Farragut North (Red) / Farragut West (Orange / Blue) On April 5, 2010, STS‐131 crew members, including Japanese Mission Specialist Naoko Yamazaki, blasted off aboard the space shuttle Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Their mission to the International Space Station included delivering more than 27,000 pounds of hardware, supplies and equipment, including a tank full of ammonia coolant that required three spacewalks to hook up, new crew sleeping quarters, and three experiment racks. On the return journey, Discovery’s payload bay was packed with over 6,000 pounds of hardware, science results, and trash. Now, after logging over 15 days in space and traveling 6,232,235 statute miles in 238 orbits, Mission Specialist Yamazaki and her fellow STS‐131 crew members are back on earth and ready to share their incredible experiences at the JICC. Young audience members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Feel freeg to brin your lunch. Light refreshments will be available. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis. Reservations required. Only two (2) spaces can be reserved at a time. Please send your name, affiliation, and the name of your guest to [email protected]. .