Japanese astronauts visit factory making 'Mobile Suit Gundam' models bound for space
Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Norishige Kanai on Wednesday visited a factory making models of humanoid robots from the anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam" that are slated to be launched into space. The project is part of an effort by Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizers and the ...
Japan's cargo vessel to resupply International Space Station in September
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will send an unmanned cargo transporter to the International Space Station in September. The HTV8, also called Kounotori8, meaning white stork in Japanese, will deliver over 5 tons of supplies to the astronauts on the ISS, including food and ...
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide wants Japanese tech to be used to explore the moon and Mars
Japan should make use of its space technology in international missions to explore the moon and Mars, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide said in an interview in New York on Friday. "As an advanced space nation, Japan has entered an era in which it should play ...
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide urges Japan to lead international space missions
Japan should lead international space missions, Akihiko Hoshide, an astronaut at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, has said. "Japan is responsible for playing a central role in some fields," Hoshide said at an event hosted by Jiji Press in New York on Friday. ...
Making the most of nature's call: JAXA hopes device that purifies urine will aid future moon mission
As space agencies explore a possible return to the moon, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has unveiled a new water recycling device that purifies astronauts' urine into drinking water. The equipment, developed jointly with Tokyo-based Kurita Water Industries Ltd., was displayed at JAXA's Tsukuba ...
“We’ve collected a part of the solar system’s history,” Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Yuichi Tsuda said at a jubilant news conference.
ANA Holdings Inc. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have joined forces to look into the feasibility of using a satellite system to find the best flight paths for airplanes by observing wind and other conditions, thus cutting fuel consumption and costs. The airline ...
Robots from 'Gundam' series to greet 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic athletes from space
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games announced plans Wednesday to launch robots from the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime series into space aboard a satellite that will broadcast messages of support to athletes. In the project, conducted in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace ...
Days after the first successful launch of his privately built rocket, entrepreneur Takafumi Horie said Wednesday his aerospace startup Interstellar Technologies Inc. may soon catch up with industry leaders such as SpaceX in the commercial space rocket-launching business. Horie also said the company will be ...
JAXA finds 10 more artificial craters made on Ryugu asteroid by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday that 10 smaller, man-made craters had been found on an asteroid in addition to the larger crater its Hayabusa2 space probe produced last month as part of its mission to gain insight into the origin of life ...
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe succeeds in blasting out first man-made crater on an asteroid
Scientists have succeeded in creating what they called the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid, a step toward shedding light on how the solar system evolved, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday. The announcement comes after the Hayabusa2 probe fired an explosive device April ...
Bridgestone to join Toyota and JAXA in rover mission to moon
Bridgestone Corp. said Wednesday it would tie up with Toyota Motor Corp. and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a joint mission to send a rover to the moon. The world's leading tire maker announced its participation at the Space Symposium in Colorado. JAXA is planning ...
