Kibō (ISS module)#Pressurized Module

In initial configuration, Kibō consisted of six major elements:{{cite web |url=https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kibo/about/kibo/ |title=Major Component |date=29 August 2008 |publisher=JAXA |access-date=23 March 2021}}

• Pressurized Module (PM)
• Exposed Facility (EF)
• Experiment Logistics Module (ELM) Pressurized Section (ELM-PS)
• Experiment Logistics Module (ELM) Exposed Section (ELM-ES)
• Japanese Experiment Module remote manipulator system (JEMRMS)
• Inter-orbit communication system (ICS){{cite web|url=http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/about/|title=About Kibo|publisher=JAXA|date=25 September 2008|access-date=6 March 2009|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310171550/http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/about/|archive-date=10 March 2009}}

File:Kibo PM interior.jpg

The Pressurized Module (PM) is the core component connected to the port hatch of Harmony. It is cylindrical in shape and contains twenty-three International Standard Payload Racks (ISPRs), ten of which are dedicated to science experiments while the remaining thirteen are dedicated to Kibō{{'}}s systems and storage.{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/jem.html|title=Kibo Japanese Experiment Module|publisher=NASA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023071601/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/jem.html|archive-date=23 October 2008}} {{PD-notice}} The racks are placed in a 6-6-6-5 format along the four walls of the module. The end of the PM has an airlock and two window hatches. The exposed facility, experiment logistics module, and remote manipulator system all connect to the PM. It is the location for many of the press conferences that take place on board the station.

File:Kibo Exposed Facility seen during STS-134 (S134-E-010658).jpg

The Exposed Facility (EF), also known as "Terrace", is located outside the port cone of the PM (which is equipped with an airlock). The EF has twelve Exposed Facility Unit (EFU) ports which attach to Payload Interface Unit (PIU) connectors on EF-equipment exchange units (EF-EEUs). All experiment payloads are fully exposed to the space environment. For proper functioning of these experiments, the payload requires an orbital replacement unit (ORU), consisting of the electrical power system (EPS), communications and tracking (CT), and the thermal control system (TCS). Of the twelve ORUs, eight are replaceable by the JEMRMS while the other four are EVA-replaceable.

File:Kibo ELM-PS on ISS.jpg

The experiment logistics module (ELM) includes two sections:

• The pressurized section (ELM-PS), also called the JLP (Japanese logistics pressurized), is a pressurized addition to the PM. It is used as a storage facility, providing storage space for experiment payloads, samples and spare items.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts123/news/STS-123-11.txt|title=STS-123 MCC Status Report #11|publisher=NASA|date=16 March 2008|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318232619/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts123/news/STS-123-11.txt|archive-date=18 March 2010}} {{PD-notice}}
• The unpressurized (external) section (ELM-ES) serves as a storage and transportation module. It was used to transfer external experiments with the Space Shuttle. It is not used after the retirement of the shuttle.{{cite web |url=https://iss.jaxa.jp/kiboexp/participation/application/documents/ef02/handbook.pdf |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:きぼう船外実験プラットフォーム利用ハンドブック |date=October 2006 |publisher=JAXA |access-date=23 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://iss.jaxa.jp/glossary/jp/se/elm_es.html |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:船外パレット |publisher=JAXA |access-date=23 March 2021}}

The JEM remote manipulator system (JEMRMS) is a {{cvt|10|m}} robotic arm, mounted at the port cone of the PM. It is used for servicing the EF and for moving equipment to and from the ELM. The JEMRMS control console was launched while inside the ELM-PS, and the main arm was launched with the PM. The small fine arm, which is {{cvt|2|m}} long and attaches to the end effector of the main arm, was launched aboard HTV-1 on the maiden flight of the HTV spacecraft. Once HTV had docked, the small fine arm was assembled by the crew and deployed outside the airlock to test it. The JEMRMS grappled the arm and unfolded it to flex the joints before stowing it onto the EF.{{cite web|url=http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/about/kibo/rms/|title=Remote Manipulator System|publisher=JAXA|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320035809/http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/about/kibo/rms/|archive-date=20 March 2008}} The free end of the JEMRMS is able to use the same type of grapple fixtures that the Canadarm2 uses.{{cite web|url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-1/presskit/htv-1_presskit.pdf|title=HTV-1 Mission Press Kit|publisher=JAXA|page=19|date=2 September 2009|access-date=31 January 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093403/http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/mission/htv-1/presskit/htv-1_presskit.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015}}

Inter-orbit Communication System (ICS) consists of a rack of communication module in the Pressurized Module (ICS-PM) and the antenna module to be attached on the Exposed Facility (ICS-EF).{{cite web |url=https://iss.jaxa.jp/kibo/library/fact/data/kibo-handbook_en.pdf |title=Kibo HANDBOOK |date=September 2007 |publisher=JAXA |author=Human Space Systems and Utilization Program Group |access-date=24 March 2021}} It was used to communicate with the ground station via JAXA's communication technology demonstration satellite {{ill|Data Relay Test Satellite|lt=DRTS "Kodama"|ja|こだま (人工衛星)}}.

After the decommissioning of DRTS in August 2017, Kibō relies on the ISS's Ku band communication through NASA's TDRSS. ICS-EF was disposed by jettisoning into orbit in February 2020{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/02/21/iss-daily-summary-report-2212020/ |first=Bill |last=Keeter |publisher=NASA |title=ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/21/2020 |date=21 February 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021}} and reentered on March 17, 2023{{cite web |url=https://aerospace.org/reentries/iss-deb-ics-ef-id-45265 |title=ISS DEB (ICS-EF) (ID 45265) |publisher=Aerospace |access-date=19 March 2023}} over Sacramento, California.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1636956596482760704 |title=The ICS-F was cataloged as object 45265, 1998-067RJ. It orbited the Earth as space junk for 3 years, and reentered at 0430 UTC (9.30pm PDT) over California, widely observed from the Sacramento area |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318081650/https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1636956596482760704 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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NASA launched the JEM complex over three flights using the Space Shuttle. The shuttle had a large payload bay which carried the modules into orbit along with the crew. This is in contrast to the Russian modules, which are launched into orbit on multistage Proton rockets and then rendezvous and dock with the station automatically.

On 12 March 2007, the Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM-PS) arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) from Japan.{{cite web |url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_51_e.html|title=Shipping of the Kibō ELM-PS, Kibō RMS and Kibō experiment racks|publisher=JAXA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505025525/http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_51_e.html|archive-date=5 May 2008}} It was stored in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) until launched into orbit aboard Endeavour on 11 March 2008 as part of the STS-123 mission.{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2008/release-20080311.html|title=NASA's Shuttle Endeavour Begins Mission to the Space Station|publisher=NASA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318230737/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2008/release-20080311.html|archive-date=18 March 2008}} {{PD-notice}}

On 30 May 2003, the Pressurized Module (PM), the main laboratory, arrived at KSC from Japan.{{cite web|url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_36_e.html|title=Kibo PM arrival in USA|publisher=JAXA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919031816/http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_36_e.html|archive-date=19 September 2007}} It was stored at the SSPF until launched into orbit aboard Discovery on 31 May 2008 as part of the STS-124 mission.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2008/release-20080531.html|title=NASA's Shuttle Discovery Launches With Japanese Laboratory|publisher=NASA|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012020310/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2008/release-20080531.html |archive-date=12 October 2008}} {{PD-notice}} On 3 June 2008, the PM was attached to the Harmony module. At first the ELM-PS, the small cargo bay, was connected to a temporary location on Harmony and later, on 6 June 2008, was moved to its final berthing location on top (zenith) of the main laboratory.

The Exposed Facility (EF) and Experiment Logistics Module-External Section (ELM-ES) arrived at KSC on 24 September 2008.{{cite web|url=http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=37693 |title=Kennedy Media Gallery;— Photo No: KSC-08PD-2924|publisher=NASA|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608081011/http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=37693|archive-date=8 June 2011}} {{PD-notice}} The two elements were launched on Endeavour on 15 July 2009 as part of the STS-127 mission.{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts127/index.html|title=STS-127 mission page|publisher=NASA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716094058/http://www1.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts127/index.html|archive-date=16 July 2009}} {{PD-notice}} The ELM-ES was brought back to Earth at the end of the mission. The assembly of the EF was completed during the fifth spacewalk of the mission.{{cite web |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/090727fd13/index4.html|title=Endeavour crew completes fifth and final spacewalk|work=NASASpaceFlight.com|first=William|last=Harwood|date=27 July 2009|access-date=29 July 2009|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731110002/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts127/090727fd13/index4.html|archive-date=31 July 2009}}

File:ISS_JEM_exterior_steel_panels.jpg]]

File:Small Robotic Arm Kibō.jpg space shuttle mission in 1997.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |date=2017-07-19 |title=About the Kibo Laboratory |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/kibo.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=NASA}}]]

Kibō is the largest single ISS module:

• Pressurized module{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/228145main_sts124_presskit2.pdf|title=STS-124 Press Kit|publisher=NASA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124164603/http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/228145main_sts124_presskit2.pdf|archive-date=24 November 2010}} {{PD-notice}}
• Length: {{convert|11.19|m}}
• Diameter: {{convert|4.39|m}}
• Mass: {{convert|15900|kg}}
• Launch Date: 31 May 2008
• Experiment logistics module - Pressurized Section{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/215905main_sts123_press_kit_b.pdf|title=STS-123 Press Kit|publisher=NASA|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624195809/http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/215905main_sts123_press_kit_b.pdf|archive-date=24 June 2008}} {{PD-notice}}
• Length: {{convert|4.21|m}}
• Diameter: {{convert|4.39|m}}
• Mass: {{convert|8386|kg}}
• Launch Date: 11 March 2008

File:JAXA Kibo 001.jpg

• Exposed Facility{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Mark |date=2017-07-19 |title=About the Kibo Laboratory |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/kibo.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=NASA}}
• Length: {{convert|4|m}}
• Diameter: {{convert|5.6|m}}
• Height: {{convert|5|m}}
• Mass: {{convert|4000.685|kg}}
• Launch Date: 15 July 2009

• Robotic Arm{{Cite web |title=Remote Manipulator System:About Kibo - International Space Station - JAXA |url=https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kibo/about/kibo/rms/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=iss.jaxa.jp}}
• Main Arm (MA)
• Length: {{convert|10|m}}
• Mass: {{convert|780|kg}}
• Handling Capacity: Max. 7000|kg(Payload size: 1.85m x 1.0m x 0.8m / weight: less than 500kg)
• Small Fine Arm (SFA)
• Length: {{convert|2.2|m}}
• Mass: {{convert|190|kg}}
• Handling Capacity: Max. 80kg with Compliance Control Mode, Max. 300kg without Compliance Control Mode(ORU size: 0.62 x 0.42 x 0.41m / weight: 80kg max)

The module and all its integrated accessories were manufactured at the Tsukuba Space Center in Japan. It is made from stainless steel, titanium, and aluminum.

File:Kibo completed view1.jpg

File:STS-129 Kibo laboratory.jpg

Source:{{Cite web |title=ISS External Payloads and ORUs |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSbjgMmfU05ce-UWkE8mJadvRKGuijYKShbDUIQbicTbzujpylhAVuG--YX_yT5F7HRHeyq1ChTNEcv/pub |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=docs.google.com}}

• MAXI – X-ray astronomy from 0.5 to 30 keV.{{cite web|url=http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/kibo/kibomefc/maxi_e.html|title=Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image: MAXI |publisher=JAXA|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521055336/http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/kibo/kibomefc/maxi_e.html|archive-date=21 May 2013}} Exposed Facility Slot 1.
• STP Houston 8 Payload-COWVR and TEMPEST{{Cite web|last=Greicius|first=Tony|date=2021-11-02|title=Small but Mighty NASA Weather Instruments Prepare for Launch|url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/small-but-mighty-nasa-weather-instruments-prepare-for-launch|access-date=2022-01-17|website=NASA}} Launched on SpaceX CRS-24 in 2021. Exposed Facility Slot 2 port originally held CREAM which was moved to Slot 13 on the roof and stowed in hibernation.
• OCO-3 – Monitoring of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere using a flight spare from OCO-2.{{cite web |url=https://science.nasa.gov/missions/oco-3/|title=OCO-3|publisher=NASA Science Mission Directorate|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503224440/https://science.nasa.gov/missions/oco-3|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|access-date=7 May 2018}} {{PD-notice}} Relocated back to Slot 3 and placed in hibernation.
• NREP – Nanoracks External Platform, at Slot 4.
• i-SEEP – IVA-replaceable Small Exposed Experiment Platform (JAXA). Mounted to Exposed Facility Slot 5.{{cite web|url= http://iss.jaxa.jp/kiboexp/equipment/pdf/jmx-2017108_i-seep-icd_en.pdf |title=IVA-replaceable Small Exposed Experiment Platform (i-SEEP)/Payload Interface Control Document|publisher=JAXA|date=July 2017|access-date=25 February 2020}} It is a platform to support small-to-medium (less than 200 kg) payloads. Experiments on the i-SEEP platform are HDTV-EF2 (since 2017), GPSR/Wheel,{{cite web|url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/ef/i-seep/|title=IVA-replaceable Small Exposed Experiment Platform (i-SEEP)|publisher=JAXA|date=31 October 2016|access-date=25 February 2020}} SOLISS (since 2019 removed in 2023 and stowed), and SeCRETS .{{cite web|url=http://www.ihub-tansa.jaxa.jp/theta_photo.html|script-title=ja:宇宙探査イノベーションハブとリコー、 THETAをベースに共同開発したカメラで360°全天球静止画・動画を撮影・公開|publisher=JAXA|date=17 October 2019|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227024939/https://www.ihub-tansa.jaxa.jp/theta_photo.html|url-status=dead}}
• GEDI – Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation on ISS. Exposed Facility Slot 6 in hibernation until STP-H8 is removed and MOLI is installed. Port originally held ICS-EF and temporary held CREAM until it was relocated to Slot 13 on the roof of the Logistics Module and placed in hibernation.
• STP-H9-SWELL (Space Wireless Energy Laser Link), A test payload for Laser Communications a follow on to OPALS,Electric Propulsion Electrostatic Analyzer, A test device that will demonstrate re-boost using Ion Propulsion, Neutron Radiation Detection Instrument from NRL, Variable Voltage Ion Protection Experiment from NRL, ECLIPSE (Experiment for Characterizing the Lower Ionosphere and Production of Sporadic-E), Glowbug, cosmic ray detector built in conjunction with NASA, an experiment that will study cosmic rays for two years, SpaceCube Edge Node Intelligent Collaboration, an experiment built by NASA Goddard that will study microchips and artificial intelligence exposed to the vacuum of space, and SOHIP, a hyperspectral imager built by Livermore Labs that will study the atmosphere for two years. Exposed Facility Slot 7 port originally held HREP and GEDI which was relocated to Slot 6 and placed in hibernation.{{Cite web |title=STP-H9 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/stp-h9.htm |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Gunter's Space Page |language=en}}
• HISUI – Hyperspectral Imager Suite (METI) replacement for HREP which ended its mission in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp/en_project_hisui/?doing_wp_cron=1577127094.6934249401092529296875|title=HISUI : Hyper-spectral Imager SUIte {{!}} Project {{!}} Japan Space Systems|last=Japan Space Systems|website=ssl.jspacesystems.or.jp|access-date=2019-12-23}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Exposed Facility Slot 8 port originally held MCE.
• CALET – CALorimetric Electron Telescope (JAXA), observation for high energy cosmic rays. Launched aboard Kounotori 5 (HTV-5).{{cite web |url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/news/130610_calet.html|title=About the cooperation of JAXA and ASI in the development of CALET|publisher=JAXA|date=10 June 2013|access-date=10 January 2014|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110093325/http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/news/130610_calet.html|archive-date=10 January 2014}} Mass: 2500 kg.{{cite web|url=http://www.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/icrr-study/CALET-EBHU06.pdf|title=The CALET Project for Investigating High Energy Universe|publisher=Waseda University, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering; University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research|first=Shoji|last=Torii|date=24 February 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616153729/http://www.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/icrr-study/CALET-EBHU06.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2007}} Exposed Facility Slot 9 port originally held SEDA-AP.
• ECOSTRESS – Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/07/05/iss-daily-summary-report-7052018/|title=ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/05/2018|publisher=NASA|first=Bill|last=Keeter|date=5 July 2018}} {{PD-notice}} Exposed Facility Slot 10 port originally held the ELM-ES and the HTV Transfer Pallet.
• i-SEEP2 - IVA-replaceable Small Exposed Experiment Platform 2{{cite web |date=9 March 2022 |script-title=ja:利用状況と今後の予定 | 「きぼう」利用のご案内 | JAXA 有人宇宙技術部門 |url=https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/kibouser/information/program/73189.html |access-date=12 March 2022 |publisher=JAXA |language=Japanese}} Exposed Facility Slot 11.
• CREAM – Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment. Launched on SpaceX CRS-12 in 2017. Initially at Exposed Facility Slot 2. Moved to Slot 7 in 2021{{cite web |url=https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/kibouser/information/program/73119.html |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:利用状況と今後の予定 |publisher=JAXA |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021}} and back to Slot 2 in 2023 to make room for STP Houston 9. Logistics Module Slot 13 in hibernation until STP-H9 is removed then it will go back to Slot 2.
• ExHAM 1 and 2 – External Facility Handrail Attach Mechanism (JAXA).{{cite web|url=https://iss.jaxa.jp/en/kiboexp/ef/exham/|title=ExHAM : Experiment - International Space Station - JAXA |website=iss.jaxa.jp|access-date=2020-03-06}} Mounted to the deck on handrails in the forward and aft locations next to slots 7 and 10.

Deorbited with Kounotori 5 (HTV-5):

• SMILES – Observes and monitors very weak sub-millimeter wave emission lines of trace gas molecules in the stratosphere.{{cite web|url=http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/kibo/kibomefc/smiles_e.html |title=Superconducting Submillimeter-wave Limb-emission Sounder: SMILES|publisher=JAXA|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928051843/http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/kibo/kibomefc/smiles_e.html|archive-date=28 September 2006}}
• MCE – Multi-mission Consolidated Equipment (NASA).

Deorbited with SpaceX CRS-15:

• HREP – Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) and Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) experimental payload.{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/07/11/iss-daily-summary-report-7112018/|title=ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/11/2018|publisher=NASA|first=Bill|last=Keeter|date=11 July 2018}} {{PD-notice}}

Deorbited with SpaceX CRS-17:

• CATS – Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (LiDAR, NASA).{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/05/13/robotics-and-space-biology-today-as-cosmonauts-look-to-next-spacewalk/|title=Robotics and Space Biology Today as Cosmonauts Look to Next Spacewalk – Space Station|website=blogs.nasa.gov|access-date=14 May 2019}} {{PD-notice}} Originally held in Slot 5, will be replaced by MOLI.

Jettisoned into orbit by ISS robotic arm:{{cite web|url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/kiboexp/equipment/ef/seda_ap/seda-ap_disposal.html|language=ja|script-title=ja:きぼう船外設置の宇宙環境計測ミッション装置（SEDA-AP）をISSから廃棄しました|date=21 December 2018|publisher=JAXA|access-date=21 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.jaxa.jp/kiboexp/news/200225.html|script-title=ja:衛星間通信システム船外部（ICS-EF）をISSから廃棄しました|language=Japanese|publisher=JAXA|date=25 February 2020|access-date=25 February 2020}}

• SEDA-AP – Space Environment Data Acquisition equipment-Attached Payload. Measures neutrons, plasma, heavy ions, and high-energy light particles in the station's orbit.
• ICS-EF – Inter-orbit Communication System-Exposed Facility, Japanese communication system. Originally at the Exposed Facility Slot 7.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2020/02/21/iss-daily-summary-report-2212020/ |title=At 12:50 CT today, robotics ground controllers commanded an SSRMS disposal jettison of the retired JEM ICS-EF}}
• ILLUMA-T – Laser communication payload. Originally at Exposed Facility Slot 3 port originally held SMILES and OCO 3. {{Cite web |title=NASA's First Two-way End-to-End Laser Communications System |url=https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASAs_First_Two_way_End_to_End_Laser_Communications_System_999.html |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Space Daily}}

Japanese:

• RYUTAI Rack {{nihongo|流体|りゅうたい|ryūtai|fluid}} – Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF), Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF), Protein Crystallization Research Facility (PCRF), Image Processing Unit (IPU)
• SAIBO Rack {{nihongo|細胞|さいぼう|saibō|cell}} – Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF), Clean Bench (CB)
• KOBAIRO Rack {{nihongo|勾配炉|こうばいろ|kōbairo|}} – Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF)
• MPSR-1 – Multi-Purpose Small payload Rack-1
• MPSR-2 – Multi-Purpose Small payload Rack-2, housing Electrostatic Levitating Furnace (ELF)

American:

• EXPRESS Rack 4 – Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (BSTC), Gas Supply Module (GSM), Space Acceleration Measurement System-II (SAMS-II), Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller (BSTC), Nanoracks NanoLab
• EXPRESS Rack 5
• MELFI-1 – two −80° freezer racks
• Life Sciences Glovebox (LSG)
• Mochii – Spectroscopic Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) National Laboratory Facility{{Cite web |title=Facility Details |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7657 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.nasa.gov}}

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• MOLI – Multi-footprint Observation Lidar and Imager (JAXA) (external)
• JEM-EUSO (internal)

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• Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD)
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• [https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/kibo/ Japanese Experiment Module (Kibō)] at JAXA.jp

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