Abstract
This article describes activities of a science coordinator to realize the space experiment utilized the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo”. The first series of MEIS (Marangoni Experiment In Space) has been successfully carried out as the first scientific experiment in Kibo and produced fruitful and significant results. In technical point of view, excellent performance of the Fluid Physics Experiment Facility and Experiment Cell was confirmed and the Japanese sophisticated operation team and systems were demonstrated. The roles and key points of the science coordination are explained. And the problems to develop the future human space activity in Japan are also mentioned.
