jsc2003e34758 by NASA Johnson

JSC2003-E-34758 (16 April 2003) --- The Kibo Japanese Experiment Module's (JEM) Pressurized Module, a science laboratory bound for the International Space Station, is lowered into a shipping crate, in preparation for shipment to the Kennedy Space Center where it will be prepared for launch aboard the Space Shuttle. A container transport ship carrying Kibo left Yokohama Harbor, Japan, May 2, 2003, bound for Port Canaveral, Florida, where it is expected to arrive in early June. It will then be transported to KSC's Space Station Processing Facility. Photo Credit: NASA