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Japanese students reach for the stars at U.S. Space Camp
Seven Japanese junior high school students and three teachers are currently taking part in this year's Space Camp, a six-day, hands-on learning program in the United States that aims to raise youth interest in space science. Based at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in ...
Japan launches H-IIA rocket carrying intelligence-gathering satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Tuesday launched an H-IIA rocket carrying a radar-type intelligence-gathering government satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The reconnaissance satellites will be used for such purposes as monitoring military facilities in North Korea and taking images of ...
Mercury probes for Japan-Europe space mission to be launched from French Guiana in October
Two probes involved in BepiColombo, the joint mission to Mercury being conducted by Japan and Europe, will be launched from French Guiana in South America aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in October. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is 4,880 km (3,026 miles) in ...
Kenya's first satellite released from Japan's Kibo module at ISS
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released three foreign-made microsatellites, including the first Kenyan-developed satellite, from its Kibo experimental module at the International Space Station on Friday night. The Kenyan satellite, named 1KUNS-PF, was developed by the University of Nairobi. Another, called Irazu, is the first ...
JAXA, University of Tokyo deploy satellite sensor technology against cancer
A team of Japanese research institutes wants to hunt down the stem cells of human cancers by employing an ultra-precise observation sensor technology used in the Hitomi astronomy satellite. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics ...
Japan's space agency taps astronaut Akihiko Hoshide for International Space Station command
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will be onboard the International Space Station for about six months from around May 2020 and serve as its commander during the latter part of his stay, Japan's space agency said Friday. It will be the 49-year-old engineer's third trip to space ...
Japan launches H-IIA rocket carrying reconnaissance satellite
An H-IIA rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite was launched Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The optical reconnaissance satellite will be used for purposes such as monitoring developments at North Korean missile launch facilities, increasing the number of the nation's reconnaissance ...
Japan successfully launches world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket
Japan successfully launched on Saturday the world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket following a failed attempt in January last year, the nation's space agency said. The rocket about the size of a utility pole, measuring 10 meters in length and 50 centimeters in diameter, lifted off from ...
Japan's Epsilon-3 rocket successfully places private NEC satellite into orbit
An Epsilon-3 solid fuel rocket successfully placed an Earth observation satellite into orbit Thursday morning, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The rocket carrying the ASNARO-2, a small radar satellite developed by NEC Corp., lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Monday it will postpone the Wednesday launch of its third Epsilon solid-fuel rocket due to expected bad weather. The space agency now aims to launch the three-stage, 26-meter rocket from Uchinoura Space Center in the town of Kimotsuki, ...
New ISS member Norishige Kanai eager to explain mission experiments to followers on Earth
Astronaut Norishige Kanai told reporters from the International Space Station late Friday that he is eager to work harder on his experiments and explain them over the internet. Kanai, 41, speaking to reporters in Tokyo for the first time since he began his 5½-month stint ...
In a first for Japan, JAXA puts two satellites into orbit using one rocket
Japan’s space agency notches a first by using one rocket to put two satellites into orbit to study climate and low-altitude, high-resolution photography.
