October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... has long been active on the ISS, operating the largest module, Kibo, since 2008. With a second deep-space probe on its way ... 2024. Seen at the bottom right, the experimental module Kibo is the largest on the International Space Station Apart from the...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... educational and research institutions from developing countries the opportunity to deploy cube satellites from the Japanese Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS). With JAXA, we recently selected the first successful candidates for...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
...policy development, providing technical assistance through JAXA and Japanese universities, and releasing satellites via the Kibo module on the International Space Station. Finally, the Vision sets out a variety of measures to encourage and facilitate...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
...Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operationsin the JAXA developed, Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station Nonetheless, the latest Asian space missions are accomplishing real research...
July 2014
Life without weight
Astronaut Karen Nyberg looks through a window in the newly installed Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station (NASA June 2008)
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... always throw up odd situations, confounding astronaut selection psychological testing. ISS Expedition 37 crew portrait inside the Kibo laboratory. The extreme isolation of deep space adds further stress on mental health. Leadership strength has been...
