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• NASA and JAXA troubleshooting glitch with new X-ray astronomy satellite SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2024 A Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite, with contributions from NASA and ESA, is working well in orbit four months after its launch, other than an issue that could affect one of its instruments.
• JAXA eyes February for H3 Return to Flight Space Scout · 2 Jan 2024 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is poised for its second attempt at launching its next generation H3 rocket no earlier than February 15, 2024 from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.
• Second H3 launch planned for February SpaceNews · 28 Dec 2023 The Japanese space agency JAXA has set a mid-February date for the return to flight of the H3 rocket, nearly a year after the vehicle’s first launch failed.
• Japan conducting studies for reusable next-gen rocket SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2023 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is working on plans for a new, large and reusable launch vehicle as the core of its future space transportation plans.
• H3, Japan’s Bid for Space Access in a Competitive World Space Scout · 23 Aug 2023 On the 7th of March, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the inaugural mission of their H3 rocket. Space Scout's Scarlet Dominik takes a deep dive into the vehicle's development.
• NASA, ESA, CSA, and JAXA Commit To ISS Operations Through 2030 The Launch Pad · 5 Aug 2023 NASA and its three Western partners, Canada, Europe, and Japan, confirmed plans to extend ISS operations through 2030 during a recent panel session at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference.
• NASA Selects 10 Scientists for International Mission to Martian Moons NASA · 18 Apr 2023 JPL’s Abigail Fraeman will help study the composition of Phobos and Deimos using instruments on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft.
• Crew Dragon Endurance returns to Earth on Crew-5 mission NASASpaceflight · 12 Mar 2023 The Crew-5 astronauts returned to Earth on the evening of Saturday, March 11, after spending the last five months aboard the International Space Station. Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada of NASA, Koichi Wakata of JAXA, and A...
• Japan’s maiden launch of H3 rocket fails during second stage flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Mar 2023 JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched – at the second attempt – to maiden launch of the H3 launch vehicle at 01:37 UTC Tuesday. However, the vehicle failed shortly after staging, via an apparent failure to light...
• Japan Announces First New Astronaut in 14 Years to Join Artemis Missions The Launch Pad · 28 Feb 2023 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced the selection of its first group of astronauts in 14 years who will participate in the ISS and Artemis programs.
• Japan selects first new astronauts in 14 years to support Artemis program SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2023 Japan’s space agency JAXA said Feb. 28 it had selected two astronaut candidates as part of efforts to support the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program.
• Japan aborts H3 launch moments before liftoff SpaceNews · 17 Feb 2023 Japan’s space agency JAXA aborted the long-awaited first launch of H3 rocket Feb. 16, when the rocket’s side boosters failed to ignite after main engine start.
• JAXA and Mitsubishi abort cost-cutting H3 rocket at T0 NASASpaceflight · 16 Feb 2023 JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries planned to debut the H3 launch vehicle early Friday. However, the launch was aborted at T0 when the main engine shut down before the Solid Rocket Boosters were to ignite. For its maid...
• JAXA Epsilon fails on sixth flight carrying RAISE-3 and others NASASpaceflight · 11 Oct 2022 Epsilon launched from the Mu Pad at the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan at 00:50 UTC on Oct. 12. This launch marked the sixth flight of JAXA’s Epsilon rocket, and the launch vehicle was to loft a rideshare mission into o...
• Japan’s H3 rocket further delayed by engine woes SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2022 After spending most of 2020 and all of 2021 struggling with the expendable H3’s novel LE-9 main engine, officials with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) told reporters last week that the H3 will not be ready...
• Japan wants a JAXA astronaut to be first “non-American” to join a NASA lunar landing SpaceNews · 29 Dec 2021 Japan’s recently elected prime minister set an end-of-the-decade goal for sending Japanese astronauts to the moon as part of the U.S.-led Artemis program.
• SpaceX given green light to launch Crew-3 mission to ISS, Crew-2’s return date set NASASpaceflight · 26 Oct 2021 Having completed the Flight Readiness Review for the United States Crew Vehicle 3 (USCV-3) mission, NASA, ESA, JAXA, and SpaceX teams have given the green light for Crew-3 to launch on October 31 at 02:21 EDT (06:21 UTC)...
• Japan launches H-IIA with QZS-1R satellite NASASpaceflight · 25 Oct 2021 Japan’s H-IIA rocket launched on October 26 at 02:19 UTC from LA-Y1 at the Tanegashima Space Center, carrying the QZS-1R satellite. This was 44th launch of the H-IIA rocket for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan A...
• BepiColombo completes first Mercury flyby, science provides insight into planet’s unique environment NASASpaceflight · 24 Oct 2021 On October 1, 2021, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo spacecraft successfully performed its first flyby of the solar system’s innermost planet, Mercury. The f...
• BepiColombo's first views of Mercury ESA · 2 Oct 2021 The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has captured its first views of its destination planet Mercury as it swooped past in a close gravity assist flyby last night.
• Japan’s H3 rocket awaiting final engine certification for first flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Sep 2021 Japan’s third-generation liquid hydrogen-powered rocket, H3, is nearing closer to its first launch. The H3 rocket is co-developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), su...
• NASA Coverage of Rescheduled Spacewalk Preparing for New Solar Array NASA · 3 Sep 2021 Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk Sunday, Sept. 12.
• BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter collect data on Venus during historic double flyby NASASpaceflight · 29 Aug 2021 On August 9, 2021, the joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft performed a flyby of Venus, coming within 7,995 km of the Venusian surface. Just 33 hours later, on August 10, the joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft flew...
• New York Students to Hear from NASA, JAXA Astronauts on Space Station NASA · 6 Jul 2021 Students from Harlem Link Charter School will have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
• NASA, ESA, JAXA Host Hackathon to Study COVID-19’s Environmental Effects NASA · 20 May 2021 The measures countries have taken in response to COVID-19, ranging from large-scale lockdowns to the mass deployment of personal protective equipment, have resulted in environmental effects.
• Dragon Resilience returns to Earth, completing first operational Commercial Crew mission NASASpaceflight · 2 May 2021 NASA and SpaceX teams have returned NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Earth, completing the historic Crew-1 m...
• NASA Updates Live Coverage of Agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 Return to Earth NASA · 26 Apr 2021 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. E...
• NASA to Air Live Coverage of SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts’ Return to Earth NASA · 24 Apr 2021 NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace...
• SpaceX, Crew-2 mission cleared for launch as eyes turn to the weather NASASpaceflight · 20 Apr 2021 The Crew-2 mission’s Launch Readiness Review, or LRR, has been completed at the Kennedy Space Center, with managers from NASA, SpaceX, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) fo...
• JAXA ships new H3 rocket to Tanegashima Space Center for testing SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2021 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is transporting its new, flexible H3 rocket to Tanegashima Space center for testing ahead of a first launch.
• JAXA’s Hayabusa2 asteroid sample return capsule lands in Australia NASASpaceflight · 5 Dec 2020 Hayabusa2’s sample return capsule has landed in Woomera, Australia, today, 5 December — or 6 December local time at Woomera. The exact landing location is now being determined, but a tweet from the mission’s official acc...
• Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2020 The German Aerospace Center, DLR, has partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a planned low-cost asteroid mission called Destiny+, expected to launch toward the asteroid 3200 Phaethon in 2024.
• NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station, NASA Leaders and Crew to Discuss Mission NASA · 16 Nov 2020 The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docked to the International Space Station at 11 p.m. EST Monday, transporting NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration...
• SpaceX, NASA, JAXA clear Crew-1 for launch; static fire delayed to Wednesday NASASpaceflight · 10 Nov 2020 For the first time since 1982, NASA has certified a spaceship to operationally carry humans into low Earth orbit.
• SPICA no longer candidate for ESA's M5 mission selection ESA · 15 Oct 2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA) have announced their decision to no longer consider the infrared space observatory,...
• NASA, JAXA look to Sun to understand life in other star systems NASASpaceflight · 9 Oct 2020
• Final JAXA H-II Transfer Vehicle bids farewell to ISS NASASpaceflight · 18 Aug 2020
• NASA, JAXA assign two more astronauts to second piloted Crew Dragon flight Spaceflight Now · 31 Mar 2020
• Astroscale wins first half of JAXA debris-removal mission SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2020
• Mitsubishi Electric, eyeing constellation market, to build demo smallsat for JAXA SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2019