Test your knowledge of Japan's boldest leaps into the cosmos with a quiz that explores JAXA's missions, milestones, and the science shaping humanity's future among the stars.

Japan's space agency JAXA deployed three cubesats from the Kibo module on the International space Stations. The small ...

The Callisto demonstrator program is being conducted jointly by JAXA with French aerospace research agency Onera and German aerospace center DLR. Flight tests at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, ...

After delivering cargo to the International Space Station JAXA’s uncrewed HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to depart Friday, March 6.

HTV-X1 is set to be released by Canadarm2 from the ISS, remaining in orbit for three months while conducting JAXA-controlled science experiments and technology demonstrations.

KIMOTSUKI, Kagoshima Prefecture--An Epsilon-6 rocket carrying eight satellites into orbit on Oct. 12 suffered a malfunction after liftoff and was ordered to self-destruct, according to the Japan ...

After completing its primary mission, HTV‑X1 cargo spacecraft, which is operated by JAXA and NASA, will depart the ISS on 6 March 2026. Live coverage will begin at 11:45 a.m. EST.

SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Something was clearly amiss when Shinichiro Sakai, project manager for Japan’s daring moon mission, was a no-show at a news conference called in the wee hours of Jan.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to send a tiny transforming ball-shaped robot to the lunar surface. Once it arrives, the device will gather data for the development of a ...

We have not yet confirmed the origin of the artificial object (人工物). A projectile was used during the sample collection and it is possible that this is aluminium separated from the sampler horn at ...

Caption: Japan’s Epsilon rocket launches on its debut mission from Uchinoura Space Center on Sept. 14, 2013 carrying the SPRINT-A (Hisaki) space telescope. Credit: JAXA PHOTO WASHINGTON — The Japan ...