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MARS

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2020
Musk sees ‘fighting chance’ for Starship mission to Mars in 2024
SpaceX founder Elon Musk is "80%-90% confident” that the company’s massive new Starship rocket will reach orbit next year and said there’s a chance it will be ready for an uncrewed cargo mission to Mars in 2024.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 11, 2020
Japanese pop band Arashi to release English single written by Bruno Mars
“Whenever You Call” will be the first English song released by Arashi, who is scheduled to halt its activities at the end of the year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 30, 2020
NASA set to launch robotic rover to seek signs of past Martian life
The mission will involve the collection of rock samples and the test of an autonomous helicopter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2020
NASA should beware of viruses from outer space
As the space agency prepares to bring home Martian soil samples, it needs to update its planetary-protection rules — and soon.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2020
SpaceX wins NASA award to supply lunar space station
NASA on Friday picked a new space capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX to ferry cargo and supplies to the agency's planned lunar space station, a crucial building block to its goals to build a permanent post on the moon and mount future missions to Mars.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2019
NASA's Mars 2020 rover set to hunt Martian fossils, scout for manned missions
A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency's mission to send humans into deep space.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2019
Chocolate makers hobble Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana poverty-fighting cocoa premium with discounts
Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana's move to combat farmer poverty with a living income premium for their cocoa sales is being undermined by chocolate makers scaling down purchases and negotiating discounts on other parts of the price, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2019
Japanese team discovers that water on Mars was once 'as salty as ramen soup'
A Japanese research team has found that water believed to have existed on Mars 3.5 billion years ago contained salt and minerals, providing conditions suited to life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2019
Planetary 'autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth are common in the cosmos, suggesting life also is
A new way of studying planets in other solar systems — by doing sort of an autopsy on planetary wreckage devoured by a type of star called a white dwarf — is showing that rocky worlds with geochemistry similar to Earth may be quite common in the cosmos.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 22, 2019
Australia to increase investment in U.S. moon missions
Australia will invest 150 million Australian dollars ($100 million) in its companies and technology to help U.S. President Donald Trump's bid for a moon landing by 2024 and subsequent U.S. missions to Mars, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019
SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype rattles nearby residents in Texas test flight
SpaceX test-launched an early prototype of the company's Mars rocket on Tuesday, unnerving residents near the Texas site and clearing another key hurdle in billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's interplanetary ambitions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2019
NASA's InSight probe detects likely 'marsquake' in interplanetary first
NASA's robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake," marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2019
Australia plans to mine moon water within five years
Australia is joining the growing number of nations looking to compete in space, from launching microsatellites that track sheep to mining water on the moon. Its advantage? Half the country already looks like Mars.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 16, 2018
Unbeaten Admire Mars earns 1st G1 win at Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes
Admire Mars earned his first Grade 1 victory on Sunday and remains undefeated in four races after winning the 70th running of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 24, 2018
Alibaba harnesses vast trove of shoppers' data to create 'spicy' Snickers bar
Brands spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year trying to figure out what consumers want.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 26, 2018
Much of world to see 'blood moon' for 21st century's longest lunar eclipse Friday
A blood moon will appear in the night sky around much of the world on Friday night as the moon moves into the shadow of the earth for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 27, 2018
ESA's ExoMars Rover prepares for 'shake and bake' run ahead of trip to red planet
The European Space Agency's mission to search for life on Mars has reached an important milestone with its six-wheeled surface rover prototype ready for its "shake and bake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 18, 2018
Over 100 parts for NASA's Orion deep-space capsule to be 3-D-printed
More than 100 parts for U.S. space agency NASA's deep-space capsule Orion will be made by 3D printers, using technology that experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send humans to Mars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2018
With $2.6 billion in pay approved, Elon Musk probably won't move to Mars
Here is what Tesla Inc. shareholders just bought for $2.6 billion: a stronger guarantee that Elon Musk will stick around for at least the next decade.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 19, 2018
U.S. succeeds in initial Nevada tests of nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars
Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable surface of Mars have been successful and a full-power run is scheduled for March, officials said on Thursday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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