JAXA Readies Solar-B Spacecraft For Launch

Credit: JAXA
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) engineers are making final preparations at the Uchinoura Space Center near Kagoshima for the planned Sept. 22 launch of the Solar-B spacecraft on an M-5 solid-propellant booster. Solar-B is a sophisticated observational satellite equipped with three...

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