Mamoru Mohri
Mamoru Mohri | |
|---|---|
Mohri in 2000 | |
| Born | 29 January 1948 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 |
Mission insignia | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials science |
| Thesis | Physical adsorption on metals. (1976) |
Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, AM (Japanese: 毛利 衛, romanized: Mōri Mamoru; born 29 January 1948) 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.