JAXA

Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission

Lasted longer than expected, but hasn't been heard from since late April

Science26 Aug 2024 | 2

Japan's Astroscale wins contract for space junk harvesting robotic arm

The plan is to do away with an H-IIA rocket upper stage – and prove it's possible

Science19 Aug 2024 | 9

Japanese space agency spotted zero-day attacks while cleaning up raid on M365

Multiple malware assault saw personal data accessed, rocket science remained safe

Security11 Jul 2024 | 12

Japan's space agency helps to target advertising with satellite photos of crops

Some would say ads for cabbage are futile – can pics from space at least make them timely?

Software14 Jun 2024 | 20

JAXA's Akatsuki probe goes silent after more than a decade studying Venus

Plus: Japanese billionaire cancels joyride with artists around the Moon

Science03 Jun 2024 | 3

Japan's space agency enlists train operator's AI to foresee in-orbit failures

Shinkansen maintenance tricks boost reliability on the ground, so why not?

AI + ML24 May 2024 | 4

BepiColombo power struggle could leave probe short of Mercury's orbit

Updated ESA/JAXA mission running on reduced thrust as engineers work to resolve the issue

Science16 May 2024 | 4

Japan's Moon lander makes it through another lunar night

What do we say to the God of Death? Not today

Science25 Apr 2024 | 16

Japan's moon lander sparks joy by making it through a second lunar night

Brief awakening brought mixed news and familiar scenery

Science02 Apr 2024 | 4

NASA and Japan's X-ray satellite space 'scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies

Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August

Science06 Mar 2024 | 4

Japan's SLIM unexpectedly wakes up on Moon after month-long nap

How's that for resilient?

Science27 Feb 2024 | 14

Japan launches satellite to eyeball derelict rocket stage

Mission a step along the road to commercial orbit decluttering

Science19 Feb 2024 | 11

Japan's space program seeks reboot with Wednesday launch

Second test flight for failed H3 booster after a run of bad luck

Science12 Feb 2024 | 6

Japanese space lasers aim to clean up orbital junk

Zap it and trap it like a cosmic Marie Kondo, but will everyone approve?

Science31 Jan 2024 | 33

JAXA releases photo of SLIM lander in lunar faceplant

Mission a 'minimum' success because rovers deployed successfully

Science26 Jan 2024 | 42

Japan recovers moon lander data, puts craft to sleep due to solar panels' bad attitude

JAXA plans to reveal whether mission nailed its self-selected landing site later this week

Science23 Jan 2024 | 18

Japan's lunar lander is dying before our eyes after setting down on Moon

The real SLIM's shady

Science19 Jan 2024 | 47

Peregrine bows out with a bang as SLIM aims for Moon's rocky runway

Japanese lunar lander to attempt a soft touchdown

Science18 Jan 2024 | 8

India inches space program forward with launch of X-ray polarimetry satellite

Meanwhile, ISRO chief sets sights on next crewed mission

Science03 Jan 2024 | 10

Infosys loses ten-year, $1.5 billion contract announced just three months ago

Asia In Brief PLUS: Fujitsu Japan spins out servers, storage, and PCs; Japan’s moonshot on track; Samsung reportedly delays Arizona fab opening

Channel27 Dec 2023 | 26

Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory

JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch

Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 4

UK and Japan space agencies team for orbital telemetry network

InRange will eliminate reliance on line of sight for the H3 launcher

Science06 Oct 2023 | 2

Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space

Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot

Science07 Sep 2023 | 4

India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather

JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight

Science25 Aug 2023 | 7

Japan schedules August launch for 'Moon Sniper' lander

Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi

Science12 Jul 2023 | 1

BepiColombo probe turns to the dark side … of Mercury

Sends home snaps on third fly-by of six as it heads for orbit in 2025

Science21 Jun 2023 | 13

Japan's next-gen H3 satellite launch vehicle fails on debut

Destroyed after second stage failed to ignite, making the mission impossible

Science07 Mar 2023 | 6

JAXA: Research simulating life onboard ISS contained fabrications

Space agency releases report alleging falsified data, researchers who weren’t there, and improper data management

Science29 Nov 2022 | 8

Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft

Asia In brief PLUS: Criminal probe of Singapore crypto exchange; Bosch invests in China R&D; $2B APAC datacenter fund formed; and more

Science28 Nov 2022 | 23

Japanese cubesat sends home pics from the far side of the Moon

JAXA hopes second lost lander can be recovered for radiation experiments

Science24 Nov 2022 | 14

Japan space agency blows up eight satellites aboard Epsilon rocket

This is not why this mission was dubbed the 'Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration'

Science14 Oct 2022 | 23

SpaceX gives another four astronauts a lift to International Space Station

Two Americans, a Japanese bloke and a Russian float into a lab. The bartender says...

Science07 Oct 2022 | 3

Japan tests probe to land on Martian moon Phobos, bring a chunk of it back to Earth

COVID hiccups be damned, work on instruments and connectivity is under way and space agency JAXA is determined to hit launch window

Science06 Oct 2022 | 20

Ryugu asteroid: It came from the outer solar system, say scientists

Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe samples reveal coarse-grained phyllosilicates that may have served as 'cradles' for organics and water

Science16 Aug 2022 | 16

Japanese space agency to put massive HPC cloud to the test

If only we'd had this kind of compute before we launched Hubble

HPC25 Jul 2022 |

Japan's asteroid probe reportedly found 20 amino acids

They're the stuff of life, so the fact they're floating around out there is very exciting

Science07 Jun 2022 | 70

Bonus features: Sony uses Blu-ray tech to simulate 466Mbps laser link from the stratosphere to space

Together with Japanese space agency, now imagining optical comms terminals on sats

Networks28 Jan 2022 | 11

Boffins' first take on asteroid dust from Japanese probe: Carbon rich, less lumpy than expected

The five grams of Ryugu we got suggests it's made of the same stuff as the outer Sun

Science22 Dec 2021 | 79

Fancy being an astronaut but didn't go to uni? Your time may have finally come

Japanese space agency wants 'nauts with good eyesight and work experience – no degree required

Science23 Nov 2021 | 5

ESA and JAXA release Mercury eyecandy, courtesy of spacecraft BepiColumbo

Fourth of nine scheduled planetary assists completed as spacecraft inches closer to releasing its orbiters

Science04 Oct 2021 | 21

Honda to build reusable rockets to sling sats, but won't scare SpaceX

Also plans remote-controlled robots with fingers and jar-opening capabilities, to help run a moon base

Science01 Oct 2021 | 3

Japan's aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land

Hope to address the noise of airflows over flaps and other parts as that can be louder than engines

Science20 Aug 2021 | 76

Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond

'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground

Science27 Jul 2021 | 6

Honda links arms with JAXA to prepare humans for life in outer space with 'circulative renewable energy system'

Car maker to draw upon its investments in hydrogen fuel tech

Science14 Jun 2021 | 8

Japan to send ‘transforming robot’ to the Moon in 2022

It’s a pathfinder for Toyota’s planned self-driving lunar buggy, and tiny compared to Optimus Prime

Science27 May 2021 | 27

Japan accuses Chinese military of cyber-attacks on its space agency

200 other companies also targeted, but no data lost

Security21 Apr 2021 | 4

We got it! Japanese space agency confirms its probe has Ryugu asteroid samples

Andromeda Strain anyone?

Science15 Dec 2020 | 30

No, it's not the trailer for the new Dune, it's the potential view from the 'Super Hi-Vision Camera' on Japan's 2024 mission to Mars

Hayabusa's heading home, but 8K's going to Mars

Science10 Sep 2020 | 10

Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th

Your order [Ref #RYUGU_REGOLITH | Picked up by probe #HAYABUSA2] has shipped!

Science14 Jul 2020 | 19

Japan to test self-destructing satellite to shrink space junk with string and an inanimate carbon blob

Now that launches and cubesats are cheap, ‘post-mission disposal’ has become more important

Science09 Jun 2020 | 31

International space station testing Wi-Fi links with incoming craft, with an eye on autonomous docking

Japanese mission also carrying rolling remote-control robot atop last of a famous rocket family

Networks21 May 2020 | 14

International space station connects 100Mbps symmetric space laser ethernet using Sony optical disc tech

As the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group launches discussion of Solar System Internet

Networks01 May 2020 | 41

SpaceX's Elon Musk high on success after counting '420' Starlinks in orbit and Frosty the Starship survives cryo test

Roundup Also: Russia sends another freighter filled with astro goodies to ISS

Science28 Apr 2020 | 38

BEHOLD! Japan's Hayabusa2 probe left human imprints on ASTEROID SAND

Sure, the bullet couldn't shift a big boulder, but it may have learned Ryugu's composition and birthday

Science26 Mar 2020 | 17

Oops: Rockets lighting their tails is a good thing – but not three-plus hours before lift-off

Japanese cargo spaceship launch scrubbed after premature deflagration

Science11 Sep 2019 | 15

Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn

Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins

Science12 Jul 2019 | 6