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ISS/Kibo Times

The ISS/Kibo Times - Winter issue 2018/2019 -

The ISS / Kibo Times will be issued quarterly to introduce Japan's activities on the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo", the International Space Station (ISS), and the activities of JAXA Astronauts.

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- CONTENTS -
1. ISS/Kibo Topics
2. JAXA Astronauts Activities
3. Recommended Videos

1. ISS/Kibo Topics

Recovered HTV Small Re-entry Capsule was opened for media at JAXA TKSC (December 5, 2018)

After being subjected to a technical demonstration test and recovered off the coast of Minami-Tori-shima island, Japan, the HTV Small Re-entry Capsule (HSRC) was presented to journalists at JAXA Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) on November 27, 2018.

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

SEDA-AP was discarded on December 21, 2018 released from the ISS robotic arm. The SEDA-AP is now expected to gradually lower its orbital altitude and re-enter the atmosphere in a couple of years.

Pre-launch operations begin for deploying four CubeSats from ISS (March 4, 2019)

Three 1U-size CubeSats^*1 developed by Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) for the third round of the BIRDS Project ("BIRDS-3") and a 3U-size CubeSat named SpooQy-1 developed by the National University of Singapore (NUS) were delivered to the JAXA.

*1 They were named "Uguisu" (Japanese satellite), "Raavana-1" (Sri Lankan satellite) and "NepaliSat-1" (Nepali satellite), respectively.

A Spanish space startup SATLANTIS to use JEM "Kibo"- The first technical demonstration by a foreign private company on Kibo's exposed facility to cooperation of Space BD, a Japanese space startup - (Link to the Space BD Inc.)(March 4, 2019)

2. JAXA Astronauts Activities

JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi
In November 2017, he was assigned as the Expedition 62/63 Mission crew. He is training now.

Astronaut Noguchi's Twitter:
JAXA Astronaut Noguchi's Next ISS Mission Logo (January 10, 2019)

3. Recommended Videos

We introduce hot videos from the JAXA YouTube channel.

• Taste of Japan Japanese Space Food. (January 20, 2019)

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Next issue will be around the June, 2019.

Publisher: Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

*All times are Japan Standard Time