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

World's first long-term habitation of mice on the International Space Station in a gravitational environment simulating the Moon! -- A first step toward expanding human activities into deep space.（July 1, 2019）

As a technical demonstration for international space exploration toward the Moon and the Mars, six wild-type mice were reared for 32 days from May 5 to June 5 of 2019 in a low-gravity environment simulating that on the Moon (about one sixth of the Earth's gravity) and were all returned alive to the Earth on the 17th operational vehicle of the Dragon spacecraft (SpX-17).

Four CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"!（June 25, 2019）

Four CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"!

Conducted the world's first "Mission to elucidate a gateway where pathogens and immune cells are likely to enter the central nervous system using inflammatory disease model mice". Accomplished 4 consecutive missions with 100% successful live return.（June 11, 2019）

After completing long-term habitation of JAXA's 4^th "Mouse habitat mission" (32 days from May 4 to June 4), which has been performed in the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo", the mice were accommodated in return cages and returned to the west coast of the United States by the 17^th operational vehicle of the Dragon spacecraft (SpX-17).

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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