News Archive / Tagged: JAXA

• Crew-5 Dragon launches astronauts, cosmonaut to Space Station

  Theresa CrossOctober 5th, 2022

  Three astronauts and one cosmonaut are bound for the International Space Station after launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Crew-5 mission.

• BepiColombo probe captures its first close photos of Mercury

  Theresa CrossOctober 6th, 2021

  The first views of Mercury by the BepiColombo spacecraft were snapped as the mission made a gravity assist pass by the planet.

• Breakdown of Crew-1 Flight Plan: an inside look

  Cullen DesforgesNovember 13th, 2020

  On Tuesday November 10, teams at SpaceX and NASA completed the final launch readiness review for the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

• The ISS marks two decades of continuous human presence

  Derek RichardsonNovember 2nd, 2020

  The International Space Station has just crossed 20 years of continuous human occupation as its unbroken string of expedition crews continue to perform a wide range of scientific research aboard this multinational outpost.

• Final Kounotori cargo spacecraft leaves ISS

  Derek RichardsonAugust 18th, 2020

  After more than a decade of service, Japan’s final first-generation HTV cargo resupply spacecraft has departed the International Space Station, setting the stage for a new HTV-X vehicle capable of service in low Earth orbit and beyond.

• Japan launches its last ‘white stork’ to the International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMay 20th, 2020

  Lifting off from its seaside launchpad, Japan’s final H-2B rocket sent the final Kounotori cargo ship into orbit to service the International Space Station.

• Toyota, JAXA team up to study human-rated Moon rover

  Curt GodwinMarch 17th, 2019

  Having a reputation of building some of the most rugged and dependable vehicles on Earth, Toyota is setting its sights on something a little more ambitious.

• JAXA releases video of dramatic Hayabusa 2 asteroid touchdown

  Derek RichardsonMarch 10th, 2019

  The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft briefly touched down on asteroid Ryugu on Feb. 21, 2019, in order to collect samples by firing a bullet into the surface.

• Hayabusa-2 successfully touches down on asteroid Ryugu

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 22nd, 2019

  Japan's Hayabusa-2 successfully landed on the surface of asteroid Ryugu Feb. 21 and attempted to collect samples to return to Earth for analysis.

• Astronauts release Kounotori 7 from space station

  Derek RichardsonNovember 7th, 2018

  After a six-week stay at the ISS, the Kounotori 7 cargo ship was unberthed and commanded to depart the vicinity of the orbiting outpost.

• Ariane 5 rocket begins BepiColombo’s journey to Mercury

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 19th, 2018

  Lighting up the skies above the jungles of French Guiana, an Ariane 5 rocket sent a multi-faceted and international mission on its way to the planet Mercury.

• European MASCOT spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 5th, 2018

  An asteroid that could strike Earth is being studied by spacecraft, landers and rovers to provide clues about this potential threat.

• Japanese Kounotori 7 brings food, science and new hardware to ISS

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 27th, 2018

  Japan’s Kounotori 7 spacecraft arrived to the International Space Station to begin a two-month period attached to the outpost while crews work to unload its 13,700 pounds (6,200 kilograms) of cargo.

• Japan successfully lands two small rovers on asteroid Ryugu

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 23rd, 2018

  Touchdown! JAXA has made history at asteroid Ryugu!

• Kounotori 7 cargo resupply mission on its way to ISS

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 22nd, 2018

  Japan’s seventh cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to send more than six metric tons of cargo, including supplies to for the crew, new batteries and various experiments.