Investigations Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Education Payload Observation (JAXA EPO), Sixteen
SIXTEEN INVESTIGATIONS
Research Area: Cultural Activities
Expeditions: 17-24, 26, 27, 29 and 30
Principal Investigator(s): ● Takao Fujiwara, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
● Takuro Osaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
● Yuichi Yonebayashi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
● Hitoshi Nomura, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
● Michiyo Miyanaga, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
● Setsuko Ishiguro, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
● Shiro Matsui, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
● Yoichiro Kawaguchi, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
● Ayako Ono, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
● Yuzo Murayama, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
● Noriyasu Fukushima, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto,
JapanRESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Educational Payload Observation
(JAXA EPO) is a suite of activities demonstrating educational events and
artistic and cultural activities aboard the International Space Station
(ISS) Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), Kibo, to enlighten the general
public about microgravity research and human spaceflight.ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTS USING A WATER SPHERE (FUJIWARA, EXPEDITION 17)
The Artistic Experiments Using a Water Sphere investigation determines
how water spheres change shape with oscillation from 2 points in
microgravity.“CHUON” THE SPACE VOICE OF THE OPEN MIND
(FUKUSHIMA, EXPEDITION 30)
The Space Voice of the Open Mind (Chuon)
surveys the effects of the space environment on
the feelings, opinions, and minds of International
Space Station astronauts. Chuon focuses on the
sense of hearing; a crewmember will listen to
emitted sounds and document the sensations they
experience.Artistic Experiments Using a
Water Sphere. JAXA image.International Space Station crew members
participating in “Chuon” The Space Voice of the
Open Mind. JAXA image.
Noriyasu Fukushima/JAXATakao Fujiwara/JAXA