The first advanced training was conducted at the European
Space Agency (ESA) European Astronaut Centre in Germany from the latter
half of August to the early September.
Advanced training is conducted at the international partners' facilities
to deepen the astronauts' understanding of the systems and operations
of the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts Furukawa and Hoshide
with Astronauts Doi and Wakata as well as ESA and NASA astronauts, ten
astronauts in total, participated in the following training.
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Columbus Laboratory training |
Columbus Laboratory is ESA's science module that will be attached to the
ISS. Astronauts learned Columbus' main subsystems, such as power, communication,
thermal and environmental control systems, and payloads.
| ATV
training |
Astronauts received a system overview of the Automated Transfer Vehicle
(ATV), which has been developed by ESA.
Additionally, they inspected the Columbus flight model in the European
Astrium consortium establishment in Germany, conducted physical training,
and gave local press briefings.
Advanced technology experience program organized by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was again held this year by the
Institute for Teachers at TKSC from August 19 to 22. This program seeks
to introduce industrial high-school teachers to advanced technology and
how to apply it to teaching in their classes.
On opening day, astronaut Hoshide exchanged opinions with thirty teachers
gathered from all over Japan about the significance of space development
and so on.
The Japanese ISS astronauts' September activity report will be issued
in October 2002.
