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A general presentation by NASDA, the Japanese Space Agency. of the International Space Station. Footage is as follows:
animations [various nationality] of the ISS; NASA Space Station simulator; Node 1 and FGB [Functional Cargo Block] cleanroom footage; astronaut training footage; solar panel cleanroom footage; footage of the US Emergency Return Module parachuted from plane to Earth; GEM graphics, shuttle launch; astronaut Mamoru Mohri gives interview; Takao Doi performs EVA, with crane from space shuttle; microgravity manufacture of high-quality lenses, crystal growth frog in m/g; diagram of calcium dissolving from bones; nice Earthviews; shuttle-Mir docking; experimental toadfish [on Earth]; in-flight Chiabi Mukai; JEM [Japanese Exeprimental Module] at Tsukuba Space Centre in Japan, various cleanroom footage [including interior]; animation HTV [H2 Transfer Vehicle] launched from H2A rocket; NASDA Mission Control room assembly graphics; in-flight astronauts [EVA] testing tools for the ISS;
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