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March 30, 2007
Kibo Japanese Experiment Module website has opened! We will post articles including Kibo's latest information and Astronauts' activities toward the launch of Kibo.
March 27, 2007
The Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, or ELM-PS, a component of the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo,” as well as the Kibo Remote Manipulator System (RMS) and two of the experiment racks that will be installed in the Kibo Pressurized Module (PM), were shipped from the Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) in December 2006 and arrived in the United States in March 2007.
March 23, 2007
JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide was selected as a crewmember for the second Space Shuttle mission to assemble the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" (STS-124/1J.) He is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Space Shuttle Atlantis with the Kibo Pressurized Module in early 2008. He will stay at the ISS for about two weeks.
Discover Kibo through it main structures, Pressurized Module (PM), Exposed Facility, Experiment Logistics Module (Pressurized Section / Exposed Section), and Remote Manipulator System.
Project to Launch
Learn about Kibo's project, the development, and its Launch procedures.
Operation
Learn about Kibo's operation and the operation team.
Know about the astronaut's training.
Learn about Kibo's Processing Development.
Microgravity Experiment Facilities
Know about experiments and development status of the Microgravity Experiment Facilities.
Lifescience Experiment Facilities
Know about experiments and development status of the Lifescience Experiment Facilities.
Know about experiments and development status of the Lab Support Equipments.
Know about experiments and development status of the Exposed Facility Payloads.
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