An anomaly has forced the Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 into protective "safe mode" while journeying ...

There are two things that Elon Musk absolutely loves - space exploration and sharing memes on X (formerly Twitter).

Gitai’s Japanese subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct a concept ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe, making Japan only the fifth country to land an unmanned spacecraft on ...

Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...

The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...

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Dr Naoko Sugita is an adviser to the director of the country’s Earth Observation Research Center and works closely with both NASA and the ESA.

Ball2, a little blue-eyed floating robot that monitors the International Space Station, is winning many hearts online. O post ...

GITAI Japan Inc., has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct a concept study for a robotic arm system intended for use on a pressurized crewed lunar rover.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has selected Spirent Communications to supply its lunar positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) simulation solution. The solution will support JAXA’s ...

JAXA broadcast the launch of the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) with the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) onboard from the Uchinoura ...