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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Build, operate and learn from a laboratory in orbit
Follow Kibo from shuttle assembly to controlled experiments, external payload handling and the shared resources that make orbital research possible.
Suggested preparation is listed in the course · Start whenever you’re ready
Kibo’s main pressurized module is moved from its shipping container at Kennedy Space Center. NASA image 0301623 is dated June 10, 2003. This is ground preparation before its 2008 flight. Credit: NASA. Complete source frame retained; no Atlas crop or enhancement.
NASA / MSFC · Image source · NASA media usage guidelinesYour place in the bigger picture
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Building and sustaining a shared orbital laboratory
Connect research facilities with orbital deliveries
Japan’s Kibo laboratory program
Build, operate and learn from a laboratory in orbit
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
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