Experiment

Experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

Various experiments are conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Japanese experiments are shown here.

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Space Environment Data Acquisition Equipment - Attached Payload (SEDA-AP) discarded from ISS（January 22, 2019）

Finishing its mission, the Space Environment Data Acquisition Equipment (SEDA-AP), attached to the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) Exposed Facility (EF), was discarded today by means of the ISS robotic arm.

Protein crystals grown on the ISS were successfully recovered by the HTV Small Reentry Capsule（November 22, 2018）

The PCG experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) was conducted at 4°C, and on November 6, 2018, the crystallization containers were placed into the HSRC. Following the recovery on Earth, they were transported to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) on November 13, 2018.

Presentations to be delivered at AMS 2018 on the current status of Kibo utilization research and the experimental equipment on board（November 12, 2018）

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will make two presentations at the 12th Asian Microgravity Symposium (AMS 2018) which will be held in Zhuhai of Guangdong, China, from 12th to 16th of November, 2018 on the current status of research utilizing the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" and the experimental equipment on board.

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Contents

Kibo Utilization Strategy

List of JAXA's Utilization Themes

Kibo's Experiment Facilities

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Pressurized Module (PM)

Exposed Facility (EF)

JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD)

Space Environment Utilization

• Features of the Space Environment
• Categories of Space Experiments
• Means of Conducting Microgravity Experiments