Experiment

Initial function checkouts of MAXI and SEDA-AP began（August 5, 2009）

Initial function checkouts of MAXI and SEDA-AP began on orbit.

MEIS (Marangoni convection experiment) Series2 Begins（August 3, 2009）

Aboard Kibo, Marangoni convection experiment (MEIS) Series2, which uses the Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF) in the RYUTAI rack, began on July 31, 2009.

FACET crystal growth experiment completed onboard Kibo（July 13, 2009）

FACET (Investigation on Mechanism of Faceted Cellular Array Growth)* which has been conducted onboard Kibo since April 9, 2009 was completed on June 12, 2009.

FACET, JAXA's crystal growth experiment, began onboard Kibo（April 16, 2009）

FACET (Investigation on Mechanism of Faceted Cellular Array Growth)*, which is the science experiment to be performed onboard Kibo, has been started.

Kibo Experiment Website Renewal!（April 1, 2009）

In August 2008, JAXA's science operations began aboard Kibo.
Until now, the following four experiment programs have been conducted.

• Chaos, Turbulence and its Transition Process in Marangoni Convection (Marangoni Exp)
• Pattern Formation during Ice Crystal Growth (Ice Crystal)
• Gene expression of p53-regulated Genes in Mammalian Cultured Cells after Exposure to Space Environment (Rad Gene)
• Detection of Changes in LOH Profile of TK mutants of Human Cultured Cells (LOH)
• Control of cell differentiation and morphogenesis of amphibian culture cells (Dome Gene)

From now on, you will see the latest information on JAXA's experiments, completed, ongoing and upcoming, in our website. Stay tuned!