A convoy transports the Kibo Pressurized Module, Japan's primary contribution to the International Space Station, from the National Space Development Agency of Japan's Tsukuba Space Center to be loaded onto a barge bound for Yokohama Harbor, where it was loaded on a container ship bound for Port Canaveral, Florida. Kibo is planned to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center for module integration tests with Node 2 and pre-launch processing in early June. Check out the National Space Development Agency of Japan's (NASDA) website for more detailed info on Kibo.
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A convoy transports the Kibo Pressurized Module, Japan's primary contribution to the International Space Station, from the National Space Development Agency of Japan's Tsukuba Space Center to be loaded onto a barge bound for Yokohama Harbor, where it was loaded on a container ship bound for Port Canaveral, Florida. Kibo is planned to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center for module integration tests with Node 2 and pre-launch processing in early June. Check out the National Space Development Agency of Japan's (NASDA) website for more detailed info on Kibo.