instance, if arms and legs are too long or too thin, they will snap due to their own weight.
Modeling Clay in Space explores what figures can be created
without the limitations of gravity.
‘MOON’ SCORE: ISS ASTRONAUT (NOMURA, EXPEDITIONS 17-24)
Moon Score aims to compose a musical score using the pictures of
the moon in diverse phases, which are photographed from a
window of the Kibo module by ISS astronauts. Five circular lines
are superimposed upon the pictures so that the photographed
moon can be interpreted as a note on the 5
horizontal lines of a musical score.SPACE CLOTHES EXPERIMENT (MIYANAGA,
EXPEDITION 19)
Space Clothes investigates the body
movement under microgravity and obtains
basic data for future clothes.SPACE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (ONO, EXPEDITION 30)
Space Musical Instruments looks for a new sound and playing style in
microgravity using brass musical instruments, like maracas and handbells.
The instruments are played in orbit, and the performance and sound are
recorded by a HD camcorder.
SPACE SAKURA (MURAYAMA, EXPEDITION 30)
Gravity constraints have limited the design and scope of Japanese
traditional crafts. Perhaps such constraints resulted in an immobilization
of culture. However, by recreating landscapes of Japan under a zero
gravity setting, new possibilities which never previously existed could
open up. The theme ‘a sakura
petal flurry,’ which is a
phenomenon symbolic of
Japanese spring, was chosen.
SPARKLING NEURONS (NOMURA, EXPEDITION 17)
Sparkling Neurons obtains imagery with HDTV. Imagery
will be returned to Earth for examination. The
investigator will then create an intuitive image of the
space environment.SPIRAL TOP (OSAKA, EXPEDITION 19)
Spiral Top aims to record the motion of a luminous
spinning top onboard the ISS.Spiral Top investigation on board the
International Space Station. JAXA
image.Sample of Moon Score
images. JAXA image.
©Hitoshi Nomura.International Space Station
astronaut demonstrating the
Space Clothes Experiment
on board ISS. JAXA image.
Green line indicating the
skeletal structure traced by
Dr. Miyanaga, image by
Tatsuya Tayama, Mitsunari
Kita.Takuro Osaka/JAXA