May 24, 2005
Mata Ugoiteiru
“Mata Ugoiteiru” (OK, OK, that's as close as I can get to “On the Road Again!”)
Yipee – we're on our way to the launch site! We made our stop at Tsukuba Space Center (outside of Tokyo). There they took a final weight measurement and spin test (one more time – around and around we go!). Everything checked out fine – of course!
Then they packed us up and put us on a big truck for a trip down to the Uchinoura Space Center, where the launch site is. It's in the south of Kyushu island, and it'll take a couple days to get down there.
Here's a picture of us leaving.
