Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency sent a destruct command to the new H3 rocket March 7 after a successful initial liftoff.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Dragon spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station early March 3.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Four crewmembers aboard the ISS are praising the cooperation and teamwork necessary to execute their mission as their time on the ISS draws to a close.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Japan was forced to abort the launch of its new H3 rocket after the launch vehicle’s SRB-3 boosters failed to ignite.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Two astronauts finished preparations for the future installation of a final pair of Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Launched on July 24, 1992, on a four-year primary mission, Geotail was extended multiple times.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The system works by using solar power to split water, via electrolysis, into hydrogen and oxygen.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Two astronauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Jan. 20.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a Japanese satellite positioning system made mostly of satellites in quasi-zenith orbits.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Company sees robots as critical for building off-world economy.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The startup is studying how tumbling debris behaves.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Startup’s lunar lander is an early attempt to commercialize the Moon.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Dense Tokyo is at the epicenter of the country’s space startups.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is on track to launch the probe in fiscal 2024 and collect samples from Martian moon Phobos, returning to Earth by 2029.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Four NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts made a weather-delayed return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 2.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center an hour before dawn on April 23, sending a Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts on a one-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS.)
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully recovered the small Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule in the remote Woomera region of Australia.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 15, sending a Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on its way to the International Space Station, the first U.S. government-certified flight of a commercially developed crewed orbital transportation system.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Japanese space researchers are studying concepts for a reusable orbiter with a mass of up to 5 metric tons for deployment by the Epsilon light space launcher.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have selected a new technology for planetary sample collection and return for future missions to the Moon and Martian moon Phobos.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The ninth and final Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer cargo vehicle departed the International Space Station Aug. 18.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Japan is boosting its space exploration budget.
Defense