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Last Updated: March 21, 2013

JAXA selected additional utilization themes for the second phase utilization period to be conducted aboard the Kibo's Pressurized Module

In February, 2012, JAXA selected additional 5 candidate experiment themes to be conducted on the Kibo's Pressurized Module (PM) in the latter half of the second phase utilization period (from the latter half of JFY 2012 -2013).

Given the three years of Kibo's operational experience, this Announcement of Opportunity (AO) was provided to fully make use of "small experimental opportunities" that occur between the start and the end of large experiments. Thus, the proposals were limited to the ones that could be prepared and completed in a short time. In addition, experimental materials had to be relatively light for launch and had to require less time for astronauts on-orbit. Nevertheless, many challenging themes were proposed to take advantage of this precious Kibo utilization opportunity.

The 5 candidate experiments were selected out of 40 proposals by the Kibo Utilization Promotion Committee, which is an advisory committee of the JAXA President and its sub-committee.

Each Principal Investigator (PI) and JAXA will collaborate to study for the concretion of their experimental designs. After undergoing the review by the committee, they will proceed to the preparation for the flight experiments.

The selected candidate experiments are as follows.

Research field Theme Principal Investigator (PI) Equipment

Life science

Plant circumnutation and its dependence on the gravity response [PDF: 8KB]

Hideyuki Takahashi,
Tohoku University

Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF)
Life science Alterations of C. elegans muscle fibers by microgravity [PDF: 11KB]

Atsushi Higashitani,
Tohoku University

CBEF
Life science Roles of cortical microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins in gravity-induced growth modification of plant stems (Aniso Tubule)

Kouichi Soga,
Osaka City University

CBEF

Space medicine

The elucidation of the re-adaptation on the attitude control after return from long term space flight [PDF: 7KB]

Masahiro Terada,
JAXA

Experiment that crew members act as subjects

Material science

Study on Soret effect (thermal diffusion process) for the mixed solution by the in-situ observation technique facilitated at SCOF [PDF: 37KB]

Shinsuke Suzuki,
Waseda University

Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF)
 
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