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VETERANRetiredJAXA
VETERANRetiredJAXAJAXA·🇯🇵 Japan·Born 1948
Mamoru Mohri
First Japanese astronaut from an official Japanese space program.
460h
Hours in Space
2
Missions
0
EVAs
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EVA Time
We have 7.2 billion people in the world and need to make some big changes to ensure our beautiful blue planet remains beautiful.
Inspirations
What they aspire to
He hopes science communication will help citizens make informed decisions about Earth's future.
Biography
First Japanese astronaut from an official Japanese space program. Nuclear physicist who later became director of Miraikan, Japan's science museum.
Before NASAMaterials chemist who earned a PhD from Flinders University and taught nuclear engineering at Hokkaido University, conducting microgravity alloy-solidification research.
Notable Missions
STS-47 (Spacelab-J)STS-99 (SRTM)
Beyond the Mission
Hobbies & Interests
model aircraftskiingreading
Causes They Champion
Public science educationMiraikan museum
Languages
JapaneseEnglish
Awards & Honors
- Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (Japan)
- NASA Space Flight Medal
Fun fact
On STS-47 in 1992 he conducted the first live broadcast science classes from space for Japanese schoolchildren and later founded Tokyo's Miraikan science museum.
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