KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building high bay, STS-47 Payload Specialist Dr. Mamoru Mohri is participating in a Mission Sequence Test of the Spacelab-J (SL-J).  Also on hand for the test of planned on-orbit activities were Payload Commander Mark Lee and other members of the payload team.  Spacelab-J is a joint effort between the Japanese space agency NASDA and NASA, and features an array of 44 life science and materials processing investigations.  Dr. Mohri, a payload specialist, will become the first Japanese to fly on the Shuttle.
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