2021
THE SPACE SUNRISE LIVE
ALL WE SAW THE FIRST SUNRISE FROM SPACE.
MISSION COMPLETE REPORT
2020.12.31 - 2021.1.1
The night of New Year's Eve 2020.
We delivered the New Year's Eve LIVE program to share a moment to celebrate the beginning of a New Year in Space from the Space Studio of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" in the International Space Station (ISS). We challenged to create new entertainment from Space and succeeded in the mission.
We delivered the New Year's Eve LIVE program to share a moment to celebrate the beginning of a New Year in Space from the Space Studio of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" in the International Space Station (ISS). We challenged to create new entertainment from Space and succeeded in the mission.
This is the second time of a two-way live streaming program that connects the ISS and the ground. In addition to the joint business demonstration activities with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Bascule Inc. has conducted new technology and content demonstration experiments as a space media business in collaboration with three new companies as demonstration partners.
Please check the press release for more details.
[WORLD'S FIRST] Real-time two-way communication that connects Space and various places of the Earth.
(Demonstration partner : Twitter Japan)
Video-based communication has been achieved between astronauts on ISS and people on Earth by using the KIBO system that connects Space and the ground in both directions. We collected questions toward to JAXA Astronaut Soichi Noguchi via Twitter and he answered various questions that were shown on the display inside the Kibo module. In addition, Marie Kondo (Konmari) appeared live from Los Angeles on the display in the module, asked Astronaut Noguchi about how to clean up in the ISS.Until now, astronauts could only talk to people on the ground by voice. We succeeded in having a face-to-face conversation while checking the state of people on the ground for the first time by using the KIBO system.By implementing communication plans in advance utilizing the Twitter platform, we were able to provide a new experience of communication that brings Space more familiar to many audience.
The world's first attempt for astronauts to interact in real-time while watching live images of their communication partners.
KIBO tweets (wishes and hopes) from the ground that collected in advance were projected into space.
"Tweet Rush", which shows real-time tweets from the ground on top of the real-time Earth video captured from the ISS.
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Improved image quality by reviewing the live video communication method from the first distribution to deliver high-quality images of people on the ground to Space.
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Installation of a new camera to simultaneously show onboard astronauts from "Kibo" module and a display that showed people on the ground.
[WORLD'S FIRST] New Year's Eve Countdown Live from Space
(Demonstration partner : Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Ltd.)
2020 has changed the world dramatically. The way of spending the year-end and New Year holidays has also changed significantly. The moment when a historic year ends, and a new year begins for the future. Under this hard circumstance, THE SPACE FRONTIER STUDIO KIBO would like to invite everyone to Space to celebrate the New Year together. We also want to make this event a permanent event for every coming New Year holidays.This year, with the cooperation of Coca-Cola Japan, we delivered a live countdown video from Space with the KIBO (hope/ wish) message toward 2021. Celebrates the coming New Year together while connecting with Space, this new Space experience succeeded delivery in 2020 and will last for years.
2021 New Year's celebration message from space. KIBO message video collected on Twitter / Instagram has appeared in Space.
Astronaut Noguchi: "Happy New Year from Space!"
At the moment of New Year's Eve, real-time tweets from the ground were displayed countless on the real-time earth video taken from the ISS.
[WORLD'S FIRST] Real-time AR content set in Space
(Demonstration partner :
The Pokémon Company)
The Pokémon Company)
A collaboration between Pokemon and real-time Earth images received from the ISS. We have succeeded in delivering a new form of entertainment from outer space.Developed the "Earth AR" system that realizes AR expression by superimposing the real-time Earth image captured by the ISS outboard camera and the virtual 3D Earth. Applied it for various contents in the program such as displaying the country names on the real-time Earth video seen from the ISS, and the world's first AR Space Commercial set in real-time Earth and Space, etc.
Pokemon also appeared in the module of "Kibo". This Pokemon "KIBO Pikachu" was given to players all over the world who are enjoying Pokemon with Nintendo Switch.
The country name is plotted on the real-time video of the Earth captured by the outboard camera.
Challenged the world's first real-time AR Space Commercial set in Space.
[WORLD'S FIRST] THE FIRST SPACE SUNRISE LIVE 2021
All we successfully saw the first sunrise of 2021 (JST) from the ISS in real-time with the audience from the Earth together. Through the first sunrise and the New Year's Eve countdown from Space, we were able to take a small step toward creating a completely new global event with the theme of Space.The timeline of the program simulated the orbit of the ISS, which makes one round and a half around the Earth in 120 minutes. We had plotted contents on an appropriate timeline, taking into consideration the day and night region of the Earth and the timing of communication interruption.We concluded the program with "Welcome To The Earth". It is a content to celebrate and welcome new life born babies on the Earth as we are seniors of the Earth. We collected movies of babies born in 2020 in advance, and projected them on a display placed next to a round window in Kibo overlooking the earth along with music composed by Akiko Yano and written by Shigesato Itoi.
A program timeline that incorporates a wide variety of Space Live Entertainment in line with the orbit of the ISS, which orbits the Earth about one and a half round in 120 minutes.
Astronaut Noguchi was in charge of all the operations of the Space studio, from the setup of shooting equipment and displays to the appearance.
SSEE YOU ON THE NEXT MISSION
#LookUpKIBO
#LookUpKIBO
Have you ever looked up the International Space Station?
The Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" in the International Space Station (ISS) can also be seen in the city where you live.
With the support of JAXA, THE SPACE FRONTIER STUDIO KIBO has started a service to predict the date and direction when the ISS can be seen in Japan to make you feel closer to Space.
THE 1ST MISSION REPORT
August 12, 2020, the night of the Perseids meteor shower.
THE SPACE FRONTIER STUDIO KIBO succeeded in the world's first mission to connect Space and the Earth in both directions.
THE SPACE FRONTIER STUDIO KIBO 1ST MISSION / Studio Opening Special Program
Check more information about 1st MISSION.
READ REPORTTEAM KIBO
(THE SPACE SUNRISE 2021)
* THE SPACE FRONTIER STUDIO KIBO is a part of JAXA's J-SPARC project.
CONTACT
contact@kibo.space