NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Canned Kibo

In the Vertical Integration Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers on either side of the payload canister check its condition after it was rotated from a horizontal position. The canister contains the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module laboratory, which will be transported to Launch Pad 39A for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124.

Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Apr. 24, 2008