On March 11, 2008, the first Japanese module of the International Space Station launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123.
Nicknamed Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module is the largest single module on the entire space station. Its main component is about the size of a tour bus, so they couldn't launch the whole thing all at once. The remaining parts were launched later on STS-124 and STS-127. Along with the seven astronauts, STS-123 also carried a special Canadian robot to the space station. The Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, also known as Dextre, is a huge two-armed robot that conducts repairs outside of the space station. This reduces the need for astronauts to take risky spacewalks to do the repairs themselves.
Nicknamed Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module is the largest single module on the entire space station. Its main component is about the size of a tour bus, so they couldn't launch the whole thing all at once. The remaining parts were launched later on STS-124 and STS-127. Along with the seven astronauts, STS-123 also carried a special Canadian robot to the space station. The Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, also known as Dextre, is a huge two-armed robot that conducts repairs outside of the space station. This reduces the need for astronauts to take risky spacewalks to do the repairs themselves.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04On March 11, 2008, the first Japanese module of the International Space Station
00:08launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123.
00:12Nicknamed Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module is the largest single module on the entire
00:16space station. Its main component is about the size of a tour bus,
00:20so they couldn't launch the whole thing all at once. The remaining parts were launched later on
00:24STS-124 and STS-127. Along with the seven
00:28astronauts, STS-123 also carried a special Canadian robot to the space station.
00:32The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, also known as Dexter,
00:36is a huge two-armed robot that conducts repairs outside of the space station.
00:40This reduces the need for astronauts to take risky spacewalks to do the repairs themselves.
00:44And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:48Music
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