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... negotiate. So in a sense, the planning starts very early. That continues on, because the Kibo module, once it was installed and activated—it only launched with four racks installed. It ... four systems racks installed plus four other racks to transfer into the Kibo once it arrived. Once we finally got Kibo installed and activated, then you had to work the process to ... whole mission proceeded really smoothly. Probably the most striking moment was when they entered the Kibo module. It was really neat. Aki Akihiko Hoshide was one of our crew members, astronauts ...

... March 2008. It transported seven astronauts (six American and one Japanese), a Japanese research laboratory (Kibo) and a Canadian robotic arm (Dextre) to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked with ... Rotary Joint, where metal shavings had previously been discovered. Payload ISS Assembly Flight 1J/A; Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section (ELM-PS) and Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator; crew ...

... the Japanese Remote Manipulator System. STS-124 Shuttle astronauts delivered the 37-foot (11-meter) Kibo lab, relocated its rooftop storage room, conducted 3 spacewalks required to maintain the station and ... crew. Hoshide worked primarily on the outfitting, activation, and reconfiguration of the Kibo module, as well as deploying the Kibo robotic arm from its launch configuration and conducting initial checkout. He also ...

... to the ISS. During five spacewalks, astronauts installed and equipped the new component to the Kibo and replaced aging batteries and installed spare parts on the ISS. The shuttle also delivered ... handrails and a portable foot restraint. Payload ISS Assembly Flight 2J/A; Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM - EF), Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM - ES); Integrated Cargo Carrier ...

... known as Jelly, from Endeavour ’s cargo bay to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA Kibo laboratory’s new porch, known as JEF. STS-127 crew members used the Shuttle’s ... Jelly from the cargo bay, handing it to the ISS robotic arm for installation on Kibo . The platform was a temporary addition. NASA had scheduled astronauts to move the experiments from the platform to JEF later in the week, using Kibo ’s robotic arm. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA needed to ship its first experiments to ...

... delivered the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, the first pressurized component of JAXA's Kibo Laboratory, as well as the Canadian-made Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. Dr. Doi's duties included attaching and setting up of the Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module, conducting Thermal Protection System (TPS) surveys with the Orbital Boom Sensor ...

... commander. Kelly and his crew delivered the pressurized module for Kibo to the ISS. The module is the largest component of the Kibo laboratory and the station's largest habitable module. Discovery also delivered Kibo's Remote Manipulator System. Perhaps the most important part ...

... an inter-orbit communications system to send images, data, and voice communications to Japan’s Kibo mission control center at Tsukuba Space Center . The ISS ’s robotic arm moved the three payloads from JEL to JEF, the porch attached to Japan’s Kibo laboratory. After some initial problems with its grappling device, the 33-foot (10-meter) robotic ...

... had delivered to the ISS the final piece of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA ’s Kibo laboratory, as well as the new ISS crew member Timothy L. Kopra . Koichi Wakata was ... crew had transported and assembled the final two sections of the US$1 billion Japanese Kibo laboratory, resupplied the station, and upgraded its power supply. ''NASA, “ Space Shuttle Endeavour Glides Home ...

... 20 hours, 32 minutes. EVA 1, 6 hours, 48 minutes; Fossum and Garan prepared the Kibo JEM-PM for installation on the ISS by disconnecting cables and removing covers while Kibo was still in the shuttle's payload bay. They also assisted with the transfer of ...

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