Flight 28 - 1J

Launch Date:

?

Launch Vehicle:

US Space Shuttle

Elements:

Japanese Experiment Module (JEM); Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS)

• The primary Japanese contribution, the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) laboratory, is delivered and begins use.
• A Japanese robotic arm attached to the Japanese Experiment Module is delivered. The arm will be used to tend experiments on the laboratory's "back porch," an Exposed Facility (EF) to be delivered on flight 2 J/A.