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lastupdate:November 9, 2012
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"Effect of microgravity on osteoclasts and the analysis of the gravity sensing system in medaka" (Medaka osteoclast) has started on board Kibo(November 9, 2012 )

A life science experiment "Effect of microgravity on osteoclasts and the analysis of the gravity sensing system in medaka" (Medaka osteoclast), which uses the Aquatic Habitat (AQH) has started on board Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module.

Image:JAXA's Education Payload Observation (EPO)

JAXA's Education Payload Observation (EPO) "How to live comfortable in space" was performed on board Kibo(November 8, 2012 )

JAXA's Education Payload Observation (EPO) "How to live comfortable in space - a basic research on the room-size designing of a building in space based on human psychology and movement under microgravity" was performed on board the Japanese Experiment Module, Kibo.

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"Mechanisms of Gravity Resistance in Plants" experiment has started on board Kibo(November 5, 2012 )

JAXA's life science experiment "Mechanisms of Gravity Resistance in Plants - From Signal Transformation and Transduction to Response" (Resist Tubule experiment) has started.

Image:Successful extension of the Inflatable Material experimental Panel (IMP) in the series of the SIMPLE Link

Successful extension of the Inflatable Material experimental Panel (IMP) in the series of the SIMPLE(November 1, 2012 )

At 9:10 p.m. on August 24, 2012, the shape-memory polymers in the exposed environment were extended successfully, as one of the series of the Space Inflatable Membranes Pioneering Long-term Experiments (SIMPLE).

Image:Operational checkout was performed for the Robot Experiment on JEM (REX-J), as one of the MCE missions Link

Operational checkout was performed for the Robot Experiment on JEM (REX-J), as one of the MCE missions(October 31, 2012 )

JAXA has confirmed that the robot's basic function is properly working during the checkout performed from August 20 to 31, 2012, for the Robot Experiment on JEM (REX-J), one of the Multi-mission Consolidated Equipment (MCE) mission experiments.

 
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