(*) growth in preparation for a one-year long mission to this location in 2015.
The Kibō module located here was the first to detect the moment a star was swallowed by a black hole. The search for dark matter is carried out by AMS-02, a spectrometer located on this object, which has seen visits from Cygnus and Dragon spacecrafts. Expedition 38, the most recent mission to this object, seeks to understand protein crystal and plant (*) growth in preparation for a one-year long mission to this location in 2015. This collaborative effort between five agencies and multiple countries is the most expensive object ever constructed. For ten points, name this artificial satellite orbiting earth that allows astronauts to conduct research in space.
The Kibō module located here was the first to detect the moment a star was swallowed by a black hole.
International Space Station