在日本宇宙空间研究计划的日程表上,近10年主要的空间活动有:1991年7月派3名宇航员搭乘美国航天飞机进入太空进行空间材料试验;1993年试射新研制的H-2型运载火箭;1995年利用H-2运载火箭发射不载人的“希望”号航天飞机;1998年向自由号空间站发射日本独自研制的日本实验舱,及承担向太空发射重达8吨的英国自由号空间站同轨平台的任务。其中,最为重要的便是建造与自由号空间站相配套的 On the agenda of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Program, the major space activities in recent 10 years include: sending three astronauts to take space shuttle trials of space vehicles on NASA’s space shuttle in July 1991; the newly developed H-2 Type carrier rocket; launched the unmanned “Hope” space shuttle by means of an H-2 carrier rocket in 1995; and launched the Japan-made Japanese experimental module independently developed by Japan in 1998 and the United Kingdom which launched the launch of a payload of 8 tons into space Free Space Station Station tasks on the same track. Among them, the most important thing is to build a space station compatible with the Liberty