Completion of assembly of Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" (Forwarded)

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July 19, 2009

Completion of assembly of Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo"

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency would like to announce that we
have completed the assembly of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo,"
Japan's first manned space facility.

The assembly was confirmed to be completed as the Exposed Facility was
attached to the Kibo's Pressurized Module by the STS-127 (2J/A) mission,
and all functions were verified to be satisfactory at 11:23 a.m. on July
19, 2009 (Japan Standard Time [0223 UTC]).

The Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" is now fully established as a
permanent on-orbit laboratory that provides both pressurized and
exposed experiment environments.

Reference:

For more details, please check the following URLs,
Completion of Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo"
http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/mission/2ja/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html