Experiment Environment and Habitat Vibration in “KIBO”

Abstract

The Japanese Experiment Module “KIBO” in the International Space Station (ISS) is a manned laboratory in space. To maintain the habitable environment, various equipments are running. Some equipments generates vibration, and it is propagated throughout the ISS. In addition, the human generates vibration in broad frequency band. The characteristics of each vibration has distinctive structure, and the time occurred each vibration is predictable. Since the microgravity is one of the most important parameter for space experiment, understanding the characteristics accurately is very important to plan the experiment