National May 13, 2021
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to travel to ISS in December
Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant, Yozo Hirano, will travel aboard a Russian Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft that is scheduled for launch on Dec. 8, 2021.
National / Science & Health May 6, 2021
Japanese startup to carry UAE lunar rover to the moon in 2022
by Keita Nakamura
Space exploration firm ispace will also provide communications and power during the journey and on the lunar surface.
National May 2, 2021
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA crew return to Earth in SpaceX capsule
The four-member team was initially due to return in late April but their departure was pushed back due to unfavorable weather conditions.
National Apr 25, 2021
Japan's Akihiko Hoshide among new ISS crew after SpaceX launch
The commercially developed SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ship carrying a group of four astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday.
Commentary / World Apr 25, 2021
As satellites proliferate, telescopes go dark
by Adam Minter
Satellites reflect sunlight, causing bright trails across the night sky, which in turn can impede crucial observations or corrupt astronomical data.
World Apr 23, 2021
SpaceX rocketship launches four astronauts on NASA mission to space station
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is part of the four-person crew set to arrive at the space station after a 24-hour journey.
World / Science & Health Apr 17, 2021
NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon lander, with 2024 goal
NASA said Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. The ...
National Apr 14, 2021
UAE partners with Japan's ispace to send rover to the moon in 2022
The UAE is using its space program to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.
Commentary / World Apr 13, 2021
Elon Musk leaves Vladimir Putin stranded on Earth
by Clara Ferreira Marques
A combination of Russian bureaucracy, military secrecy and a state-dominated economy have failed to foster private space enterprises of the kind driving innovation in the U.S.
World Mar 16, 2021
With SpaceX partnership, ISS enters its 'Golden Age' — but what comes next?
NASA wants to begin disengaging the station by the end of the decade, leaving a gap that the private sector and China hope to fill.
World Mar 9, 2021
NASA-SpaceX launch of next International Space Station crew delayed
The next launch window for a NASA crew to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocketship has been pushed back by at least another two days, to no earlier than April 22, the space agency said. SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur ...
National / Science & Health Mar 6, 2021
Next SpaceX liftoff, carrying Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, eyed for April 22
NASA said Friday it is targeting another launch of a SpaceX spacecraft, due to carry Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and three other astronauts to the International Space Station, for as early as April 22. It will be the third manned flight to the ISS by a ...