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Delivering news about Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo”
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2024.04.12- Announcements
Three CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"! -
2024.04.10- Announcements
3 CubeSats will be deployed from “Kibo” on Thursday, April 11, 2024. -
2024.03.22- Announcements
Conducting in-orbit experiments for Asian Try Zero-G 2023! -
2024.03.22- Announcements
The ground event was held together with the Asian Try Zero G 2023 in-orbit experiment! -
2024.03.12- Announcements
The UYNA experiment (Turkey) using the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) is commencing! -
2024.02.19- Announcements
Call for Team Participation in the 5th Kibo Robot Programming Challenge (Kibo-RPC) -
2024.01.29- Announcements
The 4th Kibo Robot Programming Challenge: Workshop and Tsukuba Space Center Tour Report -
2024.01.29- Announcements
The 4th Kibo Robot Programming Challenge: Report on the Results of the Final Round -
2024.01.17- Announcements
Three individuals who contributed to Kibo-ABC received the APRSAF Award at APRSAF-29! -
2024.01.05- Announcements
Report on the Space Frontier Working Group (SFWG) at the 29th Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)
The infinite possibilities of microgravity.
Japan's Kibo to realize the hopes of the world.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a giant human facility which has been assembled in space roughly 400 km above the earth. It is a collaborative international project with 15 participating countries/region from all over the world, including the USA, Russia, Europe, and Canada. Kibo is one part of the ISS, developed by Japan. Here, experiments and observations are carried out utilizing the special microgravity environment of space, where gravity is extremely weak compared to the earth.
Kibo received the Good Design Award 2010 G Mark from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
Received the Good Design Gold Award 2010
* As of April 12, 2024
The gifts given to us by Kibo.
Kibo is the largest module of the ISS.
It is composed of four main elements.
Kibo is an experiment module developed by Japan. It is Japan's first manned facility enabling long-term activities by astronauts, and boasts the largest size of any component of the ISS. Kibo is consisted of two main experiment facilities, internal one called Pressurized Module (PM) and external one called Exposed Facility (EF); storage space called Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM-ES); and a robotic arm called Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) used for experiments and other tasks.
Space and earth.
Together in spirit, even when far away.
Ground personnels maintain conditions for astronaut activities, and monitor experiment plans and statuses. The Kibo module of the ISS is managed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by the Tsukuba Space Center back on earth.
Three Japanese astronauts participated the assembly of Kibo in space
Kibo’s elements were launched by three Space Shuttle missions and assembled with the ISS in space.
The Japanese astronauts DOI Takao, HOSHIDE Akihiko, and WAKATA Koichi participated in the assembly, startup, and testing of Kibo developed by Japan.
Assembly Sequence
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