# Mamoru Mohri

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{{Short description|Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1948)}}
{{Western name order|1=Mohri Mamoru}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|毛利衛|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox astronaut
| name = Mamoru Mohri
| native_name = 毛利 衛
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Mamoru Mohri portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg
| caption = Mohri in 2000
| alt = Head shot of Mohri smiling
| type = [NASDA](/source/NASDA) astronaut
| status = Retired
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Yoichi, Hokkaidō](/source/Yoichi%2C_Hokkaid%C5%8D), Japan
| occupation = [Engineer](/source/Engineer)
| selection = [1985 NASDA Group](/source/List_of_astronauts_by_selection)/[NASA Group 16 (1996)](/source/NASA_Astronaut_Group_16)
| time = 19d 04h 09m
| mission = [STS-47](/source/STS-47), [STS-99](/source/STS-99)
| insignia = 48px40px
| module = {{infobox scientist
| embed = yes
| thesis_title = Physical adsorption on metals.
| thesis_year = 1976
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221305321
| doctoral_advisor =
| field = [Materials science](/source/Materials_science)
}}|
}}

'''Mamoru "Mark" Mohri''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|post-noms=[AM](/source/Honorary_Member_of_the_Order_of_Australia)}} ({{langx|ja|毛利 衛|Mōri Mamoru}}; born 29 January 1948) is a Japanese scientist, a former [NASDA](/source/National_Space_Development_Agency_of_Japan) astronaut, and a veteran of two [NASA](/source/NASA) [Space Shuttle](/source/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](/source/Toyohiro_Akiyama), was a journalist who was trained in the Soviet Union.

==Biography==
Born in [Yoichi, Hokkaidō](/source/Yoichi%2C_Hokkaid%C5%8D), Japan, Mohri earned both a [BSc](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) and [MSc](/source/Master_of_Science) degree in chemistry from [Hokkaido University](/source/Hokkaido_University) in respectively 1970 and 1972, and a [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) degree in chemistry from [Flinders University](/source/Flinders_University) in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), in 1976.<ref>[https://iss.jaxa.jp/shuttle/flight/sts99/pdf/leaflet_hi.pdf The Earth "MAHOROBA" - Astronaut Mohri's STS-99 Earth Observation Mission] - website of [JAXA](/source/JAXA)</ref>

Most of Mohri's work has been in the field of [materials](/source/Materials_science) and [vacuum](/source/vacuum) [science](/source/science)s. From 1975 to 1985, Mohri was a member of the [nuclear engineering](/source/nuclear_engineering) [faculty](/source/faculty_(teaching_staff)) of Hokkaido University, where he worked on [nuclear fusion](/source/nuclear_fusion)-related projects.

==Astronaut career==
Mohri was selected by the [National Space Development Agency of Japan](/source/Japan_Aerospace_Exploration_Agency) (now [JAXA](/source/JAXA)) to train as a [payload specialist](/source/Payload_Specialist) for a Japanese materials science payload. He flew his first space mission aboard [STS-47](/source/STS-47) in 1992 as chief payload specialist for [Spacelab-J](/source/Spacelab). Mohri subsequently made another trip into space as part of mission [STS-99](/source/STS-99) in 2000.

As of 2001, Mohri is the Chief Executive Director Emeritus for the [Miraikan](/source/Miraikan), the [National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation](/source/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](/source/Order_of_Australia) (AM), “for service to Australia-Japan education and science relations.”<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1129458 It's an Honour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042024/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1129458 |date=22 February 2019 }}. Itsanhonour.gov.au (2006-03-16). Retrieved on 2011-06-24.</ref>

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/mohri-mamoru/ |title=MOHRI Mamoru biography |publisher=JAXA |access-date=July 25, 2021}}
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/mohri_mamoru.htm Spacefacts biography of Mamoru Mohri]

==References==
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Category:Flinders University alumni
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Category:Japanese astronauts
Category:People from Yoichi, Hokkaido
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Category:Academic staff of Hokkaido University
Category:Academic staff of Tokyo Institute of Technology
Category:Space Shuttle program astronauts

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