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Japanese Experiment Module at the Space Station Processing Facility, Kennedy Space Center.

Kibo means Hope in English. One of the larger payload, it barely fits in the Shuttle. The bio experimentation module is part of the ISS, and has its own robot arm, folded in the foreground.

3 responses to “JAXA JEM Kibo Module”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    The module above is is the PM and JEMRMS. (Here is the ELM-PS with bunnies)

    Kibo Experiment Module

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  2. ComputerHotline Avatar
    ComputerHotline

    Thanks for licensing this image as CC "by" !
    Your photo is uploaded here :
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jurvetson_-_JEM_Kibo_(by…
    under the terms of the Creative Commons "by" license.

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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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  3. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    And now this arm is deploying Planet Labs satellites…. I had no idea at the time I took this shot…

    When Doves Fly! The first pair of the 28 @PlanetLabs Earth Observation satellites leave the ISS, a rare perspective

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