January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... missions. Astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer, working with the Mice Drawer System (MDS) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. A study was conducted at NASA Langley Research Center to design a conceptual...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations. DIWATA-1 satellite is deployed from outside of the Japanese Kibo module on the ISS. Intended to observe Earth and monitor climate changes, this was the first microsatellite...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
... Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor installs the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer-14 on the Multipurpose Experiment Platform inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module onboard the ISS. The NRCSD-14 was used to deploy the first Radix demonstration satellite...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... our payload specialists conducted experiments, and this continued with the development of the Japanese experimental module, Kibo, at the ISS. We need to focus on sustainable development as part of the goal for going back to the Moon and...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
..., ESA’s Thomas Pesquet ‘carries’ NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei on his shoulders in the weightless environment of the Kibo lab module, with Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA enjoying the fun (Expedition 65, April 2021). Negotiations By the spring...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... our programmes in the most efficient way. Frank De Winne with Materials Science Laboratory hardware in the ISS Kibo laboratory. ISS Russian segment including the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module (2021). Does ESA look at the...
