Kibo Advanced Training #2

Astronauts finished the training

Certification ceremony

Astronauts and instructors

Kibo Advanced Training #2 certification ceremony was held in Tsukuba Space Center on March 28, 2003.

Advanced Training #2 was conducted for NASDA astronauts Wakata and Hoshide, NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in January, and for NASDA astronauts Doi and Furukawa, NASA astronaut Stephen G. Bowen, and ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts in March.

In Advanced training, ISS astronauts are trained in broad subjects such as general equipment outlines and operations of ISS systems and payloads.

In Advanced Training #2 conducted by NASDA, astronauts learned about the following. Inter-orbit Communication System (ICS), the HEPA filter in the Environmental Control and Life Support System, Experiment Support System, Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS), Airlock, Exposed Facility (EF), and Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section (ELM-ES). They also learned about Japanese payloads, including the Gradient Heating Furnace, Clean Bench, Cell Biology Experiment Facility, and Image Processing Unit.

Training for increment (specific flight period) operations will also be planned.

	Astronaut Doi, NASA astronaut Stephen G. Bowen
	Training with Kibo Airlock Trainer Explanation of HEPA filter Training on Payloads
	Training on Communications and Tracking system Training with VR system Training with Kibo JEMRMS Simulator
	Certification ceremony (Left: Astronaut Doi, Right: Astronauts Leopold Eyharts and Stephen G. Bowen)

	Astronaut Furukawa, ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts
	Training with Kibo System Trainer Training with VR system Training with Kibo JEMRMS Simulator
	Training with Kibo Airlock Trainer Training on Communications and Tracking system Certification ceremony (Astronaut Furukawa)

	Astronaut Wakata, ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
	Training with Kibo Airlock Trainer Training with Kibo System Trainer Training with VR system
	Training for ELM-ES Training with Kibo JEMRMS Simulator
	Explanation of HEPA filter Training on Communications and Tracking system Certification ceremony (Left: Astronaut Wakata, Right: Astronaut Paolo Nespoli)

	Astronaut Hoshide, NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer
	Training with Kibo Airlock Trainer
	Training with Kibo Airlock Trainer Training on Communications and Tracking system Training on Payloads
	Training with VR system Certification ceremony (Left: Astronaut Hoshide, Right: Astronaut Timothy Creamer)