Astronaut Mohri returns from deep sea exploration

Astronaut Mohri returns from deep sea exploration

NAHA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri speaks at a news conferfence in Naha, Okinawa on March 14 after returning from a deep sea exploration some 6,500 meters below sea level aboard the Shinkai 6500 submersible vessel of the government-affiliated Japan Marine Science and Technology Center. ''I was able to see a wonderful world, a new universe,'' Mohri, 55, told said.

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