Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Japanese launcher startup Interstellar Technologies has secured Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) backing for its Zero rocket program.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to attempt the first roundtrip mission to Mars.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries tests a hydrogen-fueled jet engine using micromix combustor technology that achieves ultra-low NOx emissions across the full operating range.

A Japanese H3 rocket launches the MMX spacecraft on a pioneering mission to return the first samples from Mars’ moon Phobos.

A pioneering mission to study a pair of Martian moons and return a 10-gram soil sample to Earth is being prepared for launch Oct. 19 from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.

JAXA has partnered with startup Innovative Space Carrier to explore scaling up commercial satellite launch services with reusable rockets.

NASA's Moon Base plan, announced by Administrator Jared Isaacman in March, kicked off discussion at the two-day Lunar Surface Consortium Oct. 14 in Atlanta

NASA has named four crewmembers assigned to the International Space Station’s Expedition 75/76 operations.

In-orbit servicing company Astroscale says it has selected German launch startup Isar Aerospace to loft its ADRAS-J2 debris removal mission.

Reusable rocketry might soon extend beyond the U.S., as China and Japan each approach operational capability.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has successfully completed the first flight test of its reusable RV-X prototype rocket.

Japanese startup AstroX and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plan to demo an attitude control system for a rocket suspended from a high-altitude balloon.

Axiom Space launches Japanese subsidiary to expand Asia-Pacific space research and partnerships.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s space agency, has agreed to work with the European Space Agency on the Ramses planetary defense mission.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has conducted a Mach 5 ramjet combustion test on an experimental hypersonic aircraft developed jointly with three Japanese universities.

The project will develop a compact, low-cost spectrometer that can be deployed across satellites, aircraft, and ground stations.

Satellite bus builder Apex has signed a contract with Tokyo-based technology company NEC Corp. to support an on-orbit laser link demo launching in 2027.

French flow control, JAXA’s reusable rocket, hypersonic tunnel returns and laser link from GEO.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) inaugural resupply capsule began a planned departure from the International Space Station on March 5.

First flight of a small experimental version of a reusable launch vehicle has been scheduled for March 6 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

NASA and SpaceX on Feb. 10 once again pushed back the launch of the four-person Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station due to weather conditions.

The four members of NASA’s Crew-11 Dragon mission appeared healthy and in good spirits as they gathered for a Jan. 21 news briefing.

NASA’s Crew-11 Dragon International Space Station crewmembers have returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon Endeavour capsule undocked from the International Space Station on Jan. 14 for a scheduled Jan. 15 splashdown and recovery.

The International Space Station crew held a change-of-command ceremony Jan. 12 in advance of the Crew-11 astronauts’ planned early return to Earth.