The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is calling on Filipino students to join the Kibo Asian Try Zero-G (ATZG) 2025!
Students enrolled in a Philippine institution up to the postgraduate level may submit a proposal for an experiment and join the competition as an individual or team. Selected entries will be performed in a zero-gravity environment by a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut in the Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS). The demonstration of the space activities will be broadcasted live and transmitted to JAXA’s ground station at Tsukuba Space Center, Japan. Winning individuals or teams will also get a chance to visit the Tsukuba Space Centre, witness the live broadcast of the experiment, and meet JAXA astronauts.
Create your proposal using the forms below and submit them through this link on or before 17 January 2025.
Guidelines, Proposal Forms, and Sample Proposals
- Guidelines
- Attachment-1 (Videos of past experiments)
- Attachment-2 (Available items)
- Attachment-3 (Proposal form)
- Attachment-4 (Proposal form sample)
Kindly read all the guidelines before submitting your proposal.
For more information, check out JAXA’s information page here.
For questions and clarifications, please contact sesd@philsa.gov.ph with the subject ‘[Asian Try Zero G 2025]: Inquiry’
PH experiments conducted in the ISS during previous ATZG contests
- 2022 ATZG: “Rotation of Dumbbell-shaped Objects in Space” by Mr. William Kevin L. Abran of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
- 2023 ATZG: “Oloid’s Movement in Microgravity” by Paul Anton Mahinay of the Rizal Technological University (RTU)
- 2023 ATZG: “Effectivity of Elastic Resistance Band Exercise when performed in Zero-Gravity” by Gabriel John Guila, Dianne Cristine Cabiedes, Sean Matthew Castaneda, Franz Joshua Corpuz, Jose Ernest Guila, Arniel Kurt Macalla, Lee Andrew Medina, Giorgione Parrera, and Ace Gabriel Pega of the Bataan National High School
About the Kibo-ABC program
The Kibo-ABC program or Asian Beneficial Collaboration through Kibo Utilization was established by the Space Frontier Working Group (SFWG) of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) to promote the utilization and share the value of the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo,” enhance the capacity of participating organizations, and foster collaborative projects between Japan and Kibo-ABC member countries.
ATZG, through its member organizations, is one of the activities under the Kibo-ABC program that aims to expand the use of the Kibo module on ISS and develop the youth’s understanding of space environments.