Mamoru Mohri
Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mamoru "Mark" Mohri (毛利 衛, Mōri Mamoru, born 29 January 1948), AM is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. He is the first Japanese astronaut who was part of an official Japanese space program. The first Japanese person in space, Toyohiro Akiyama, was a journalist who was trained in the Soviet Union.
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Born | (1948-01-29) 29 January 1948 (age 76) Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Engineer |
Space career | |
NASDA astronaut | |
Time in space | 19d 04h 09m |
Selection | 1985 NASDA Group |
Missions | STS-47, STS-99 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Materials science |
Thesis | Physical adsorption on metals. (1976) |
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