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| Space Experiment Laboratory (SEL) | |
 | Outline
of Space Experiment Laboratory |
Kibo, the Japan's first full-scale
manned space experiment facility, installed to the International Space Station
(ISS), will be the site of experiments and observation missions in a wide variety
of fields of study utilizing the space environment. In the Space Experiment Laboratory,
the following activities are carried out: support for users of experiments to
be carried out on Kibo, development of common technologies for space experiments,
ground experiments, and preparation and operation of data bases.
 Experiment
About the experiments and research themes that will be performed onboard Kibo
Mission
About the three Shuttle Transfer (STS) missions that deliver Kibo's elements to the ISS
 | Material
Science Experiment Support Technology Development Laboratory | This
laboratory is equipped with test equipment to evaluate the compatibility between
materials and containers and measure the maximum amount of off-gassing by candidate
samples for material science experiments. Evaluation data are being acquired for
experiment materials greatly demanded by users.
| Telescience
Technology Development Laboratory | The Telescience Test Bed,
which simulates an on-orbit system (space station) and a ground system (operation
center) is installed to develop support technology required for carrying out experiments
onboard the ISS. Development of essential technology, clearance of technical request
items, experiment procedure verification, and operational requirements are being
conducted.
| Life
Science Experiment Support Technology Development Laboratory | The
laboratory is specifically used for testing and developing life science specimen
accommodation in flight facilities as well as user-oriented experiments and equipment.
| Material
and Life Science Laboratories | The laboratories will be used
for the ground based research and preliminary experiment for the space operations
in areas of material science, life science, fluid physics and biotechnology.
| Ground
Reference Experiment Laboratories (Material-Life science) | These laboratories conduct ground control experiments related to material
processing, fluid physics experiments, life science and biotechnology. It is used
to verify experiment procedures, prepare reference samples, and acquire various
data required to accomplish space experiments. Ground control experiments can
also be conducted simultaneously with on-orbit experiments as required.
Outline
of building
Steel frame structure, three stories /
Total floor area
6,317m2 /
Completed June 1992
Last Updated : March 23, 2008
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