DEWEY’S FOREST (MATSUI, EXPEDITION 22)
Dewey’s Forest shows how gravity controls the laws
of nature and influences our ways of thinking. The
project is a catalyst to rediscover our relationship with
plants on the ground and the age old history of our
gardens.
HITEN (ISHIGURO, EXPEDITION 19)
Hiten records crewmembers performing some
postures of ancient East Asian Flying Deities in
microgravity.
INK BALL (OSAKA, EXPEDITION 17)
Suminagashi is the marble painting process involving floating ink
on water, the pattern of which is soaked onto washi, traditional
Japanese paper.INK BALL-II (OSAKA, EXPEDITION 29)
Using spheres of seawater injected with ink, Ink Ball-II expresses
the evolution of life on Earth using the familiar marbling
technique.JAPANESE POWDERED GREEN TEA IN SPACE (KAWAGUCHI, EXPEDITION 29)
Japanese Powdered Green Tea in Space demonstrates the
feasibility of mixing green leaf tea powder and water in
microgravity.MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (MATSUI, EXPEDITION 26)
Message in a Bottle creates a unique communication interface
between space and Earth, as well as present and future
humankind. During an extra vehicular activity (EVA), a
small cylinder is filled with the essence of space. Once
Message in a Bottle is returned to Earth and placed in
people's hands, it becomes a conduit between
humans and space, and between this world and the
one beyond us.
MODELING CLAY IN SPACE (YONEBAYASHI, EXPEDITION 17)
Creating human-shaped figures is a centuries old
practice. However, there have always been limitations
placed upon imagination by constraints of gravity. For
Video screen shot of Modeling Clay in
Space. JAXA image.Marbling painting on a water
ball (Ink Ball). JAXA image.International Space Station crew member
participating in Hiten. JAXA image.Takuro Osaka/JAXATakuro Osaka/JAXA