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JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, December 2004
This is JAXA's Japanese astronaut primary activity report for December
2004.
Mission Specialist Astronaut Candidate Training
In December, Astronauts Furukawa, Hoshide, and Yamazaki continued
their Space Shuttle Mission Specialist training.
Space Shuttle System Training, lectures, and examinations for phase
one training were part of the training this month. The
candidates also continued their T-38 jet training.
Astronauts Furukawa, Hoshide, and Yamazaki were interviewed a half year into the Mission Specialist Astronaut Training Course.
The following videos contain interviews of the three JAXA
astronauts commenting on their training. The astronauts were
asked questions on what impressed them, what was the most
difficult moment, and what peaked their
interest for their up coming training. Take a look at the actual
footage from their training. All videos are in Japanese
only.
EVA
Validation Test of the Japanese Experiment Module - "Kibo" assembly to the ISS
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Astronaut Doi (left) and Astronaut Wakata (right) conducting the LTA validation test. |
Astronaut Doi and Astronaut Wakata are validating the JEM - Kibo Launch To Activation (LTA) in preparation for Kibo's launch.
After the Shuttle delivers "Kibo" to the ISS as part of the assembly
of Kibo to the International Space Station (ISS), the cable providing
electricity to Kibo from the Shuttle must be disconnected. The cable,
after being disconnected, will then be stowed in the Shuttle's payload
bay. The validation task was to determine whether the payload bay would
be a convenient place to stow the cable, for the astronauts conducting
the EVA.
Last Updated: Feb. 16, 2005
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