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Japanese Experiment Module
Kibo (Hope)

Kibo consists of six components: two research facilities -- the Pressurized Module and Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space.

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 <-- JEM Pressure Module being moved to a workstand at KSC.

JEM Pressure Module during construction. -->

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 <-- Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) "Kibo" is seen at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, Japan.
This artwork depicts the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). -->

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Also see the Kibo page for Japan in Space.