Experiment

Experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

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

News

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.

MAXI's discovery and 200-day observations of MAXI J1535-571, one of the brightest X-ray novae of this century, are published in the astronomical journal of Japan!（November 2, 2018）

A research group including Mr. Satoshi Nakahira, visiting researcher from JAXA at RIKEN, Ms. Megumi Shidatsu, assistant professor at Ehime University, and other researchers from domestic institutes carried out a 200-day observation mission for a new X-ray nova MAXI J1535-571 that had been discovered with the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mounted on the Exposed Facility of the JEM "Kibo"/ISS.

CALET Gamm-ray observation results are featured in on-line version of The Astrophysical Journal（November 2, 2018）

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is being operated to observe three kinds of high-energy cosmic-rays: electrons (including positive electrons), gamma rays, and protons and atomic nuclei.

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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