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Mamoru Mohri

Japan

Mamoru Mohri is a Japanese chemist who became the first Japanese citizen to fly aboard the Space Shuttle, serving as a payload specialist on a 1992 mission carrying Japanese scientific experiments. He flew a second Shuttle mission in 2000. Mohri later became director of the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, using his prominence as an astronaut to promote public science education in Japan.

Facts
Birth Year
1948 1
Nationality
Japanese 1
Classification
Astronaut Role
Payload Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1985 2
Connections

Associated With

National Space Development Agency of Japan, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Mamoru Mohri - Wikipedia

Operated By

National Space Development Agency of Japan, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Mamoru Mohri - Wikipedia
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Nationality

Japan

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Source Wikidata: Mamoru Mohri
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1. Mamoru Mohri - Wikipedia
  • Extract
    Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, (Japanese: 毛利 衛, romanized: Mōri Mamoru; born 29 January 1948) is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut
  • Extract [nationality]
    is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.
  • Article text, astronaut role
    by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (now JAXA) to train as a payload specialist for a Japanese materials science payload.
  • Article text
    to train as a payload specialist for a Japanese materials science payload
  • Operated By: National Space Development Agency of Japan, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, (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.
  • Associated With: National Space Development Agency of Japan, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, (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.
  • In Group: Japanese Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, (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.
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2. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Mamoru Mohri
Spacefacts.dePersonal data
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Selection date: 07.08.1985
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Wikidata: Mamoru Mohri
Wikidata Q521395, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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