This video provides an overview of the development of the Japanese Experiment Module [JEM] 'Kibo', Japan's first manned space activities facility and NASDA's contribution to the International Space Station [ISS] programme. Footage is arranged as follows:
graphics of Kibo's construction; Kibo's name and logo announcement ceremony in Tokyo, April 1999; the Multiuser Experiment Facilities #2 (#1) and rack crew footage filmed at Tsukuba Space Center, May 1998; Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section [ELM-PS (EM)] modal survey test at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Nagoya Aerospace Systems Work, September 1998; Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section [ELM-ES (EM)]thermal balance test at Tsukuba Space Center, January 1999; Airlock Functional Test at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works, July 1999; Pressurized Module [PM] outfitting at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works, October 1998; Pressurized Module [PM] leak test at Mitsubishi Heavy Indust

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