- Mamoru Mohri
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Mamoru Mohri NASDA Astronaut Nationality Japanese Status Retired Born 29 January 1948
Yoichi, Hokkaidō, JapanOther occupation Engineer Time in space 19d 04h 09m Selection 1985 NASDA Group Missions STS-47, STS-99 Mission insignia Mamoru "Mark" Mohri (毛利 衛 Mōri Mamoru , born 29 January 1948) is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.
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Biography
Born in Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan, Mohri earned degrees in chemistry from Hokkaido University and a Doctorate from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1976.
Most of Mohri's work has been in the field of materials and vacuum sciences. From 1975 to 1985, Mohri was a member of the nuclear engineering faculty of Hokkaido University, where he worked on nuclear fusion-related projects.
Mohri was selected by the National Space Development Agency of Japan to train as a payload specialist for a Japanese materials science payload. He flew his first space mission aboard STS-47 in 1992 as chief payload specialist for Spacelab-J. Mohri subsequently made another trip into space as part of mission STS-99 in 2000.
As of 2007, Mohri is the Executive Director for the Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo.
Honours
On 16 March 2006 Mohri was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM), "for service to Australia-Japan education and science relations".[1]
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References
- ^ It's an Honour. Itsanhonour.gov.au (2006-03-16). Retrieved on 2011-06-24.
NASA Astronaut Group 16, "The Sardines", 1996 Pilots Duane G. Carey · Stephen Frick · Charles O. Hobaugh · James M. Kelly · Mark Kelly · Scott Kelly · Paul Lockhart · Christopher Loria · William C. McCool · Mark L. PolanskyMission Specialists David M. Brown · Daniel C. Burbank · Yvonne D. Cagle · Fernando Caldeiro · Charles J. Camarda · Laurel B. Clark · E. Michael Fincke · Patrick G. Forrester · John B. Herrington · Joan E. Higginbotham · Sandra H. Magnus · Michael J. Massimino · Richard A. Mastracchio · Lee M. E. Morin · Lisa M. Nowak · Donald R. Pettit · John L. Phillips · Paul W. Richards · Piers J. Sellers · Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper · Daniel M. Tani · Rex J. Walheim · Peggy A. Whitson · Jeffrey N. Williams · Stephanie D. WilsonInternational Mission Specialists Pedro Duque · Christer Fuglesang · Umberto Guidoni · Steven G. MacLean · Mamoru Mohri · Soichi Noguchi · Julie Payette · Philippe Perrin · Gerhard ThieleNASA Astronaut Groups · NASA Astronaut Corps Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Flinders University alumni
- Hokkaido University alumni
- Japanese astronauts
- People from Hokkaidō
- Honorary Members of the Order of Australia
- Hokkaido University faculty
- Tokyo Institute of Technology faculty
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