On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Japanese Experiment Module – Pressurized Module, is being transferred from the Payload Changeout Room into space shuttle Discovery's payload bay in preparation for mission STS-124.
On Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Japanese Experiment Module – Pressurized Module, is being transferred from the Payload Changeout Room into space shuttle Discovery’s payload bay in preparation for mission STS-124.
The module serves as the large laboratory section of the Japanese Experiment Module, also known as Kibo.
Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
May 5, 2008