Japan on Saturday launched the third of four satellites in its plan to create a homegrown geolocation system aimed at improving the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimeters. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), an H-IIA rocket carrying ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has again postponed the launch of the third of its four quasi-zenith satellites due to a problem in the propulsion system of the rocket that was set to carry it into orbit. The launch has been rescheduled for Thursday ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has begun testing a spherical drone about the size of a grapefruit in Japan's Kibo science module at the International Space Station. Aboard the ISS, astronauts take videos of their work and experiments and send them back to Earth. ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the moon sometime around 2030, according to new proposals from the space agency. This is the first time JAXA has publicly explored sending astronauts anywhere beyond the International Space Station, a ...
JAXA lofts the second of four home-grown geolocation satellites into orbit as Japan looks to end its dependency on the U.S. system.
The space agency has developed a method using lasers to help aircraft detect air turbulence in clear skies to help curb accidents. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said its device allows large aircraft to spot air turbulence about 70 seconds before approaching it — ...
Life may offer an unexpected surprise after an epic letdown, but in the case of first-time space voyager Norishige Kanai, it was an out-of-this-world opportunity. As Japan's youngest astronaut, Kanai, 40, is set to undertake a long-duration mission to the International Space Station when he ...
France and Japan want to collect pieces of a Martian moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) said Thursday. The Martian Moons Exploration project would launch a probe in 2024 destined for Phobos, the largest ...
Beverage maker Yakult Honsha Co. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will start an experimental project in fiscal 2017 to examine how probiotics work on human health in outer space. Under the project, some crew members of the International Space Station will regularly consume capsules ...
An electrical circuit problem may have led to the recent failure of the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of placing a satellite into orbit, Japan's space agency said Monday. The No. 4 vehicle of the SS-520 series lifted off from the Japan Aerospace ...
An unmanned cargo ship released from the International Space Station last week has failed to extend a cable needed to test technology to remove debris from orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The Kounotori6 cargo transporter, which was released from the ISS early Saturday, ...
Oxygen from our atmosphere carried by “Earth wind” has been reaching the moon since ancient times, a Japanese research team discovers.
