Mamoru Mohri

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-ever Japanese person in space, Toyohiro Akiyama, was a journalist who was trained in the Soviet Union.

Mamoru Mohri
Born (1948-01-29) 29 January 1948
Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan
StatusRetired
NationalityJapanese
OccupationEngineer
Space career
NASDA Astronaut
Time in space
19d 04h 09m
Selection1985 NASDA Group
MissionsSTS-47, STS-99
Mission insignia

Biography
Mamoru Mohri, NASA Portrait (14 September 1990)

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 (now JAXA) 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 2001, Mohri is the Executive Director for the Miraikan, the 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]

  • Gallery
  • Astronaut Mamoru Mohri on Endeavour's flight deck during STS-99 Flight Day 4 of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (14 February 2000)
  • STS-47 Endeavour, crew members with Mamoru Mohri
  • STS-47 crew in SLJ make notes during shift changeover

References
  1. It's an Honour. Itsanhonour.gov.au (2006-03-16). Retrieved on 2011-06-24.


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