Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.

Launched on July 24, 1992, on a four-year primary mission, Geotail was extended multiple times.

The system works by using solar power to split water, via electrolysis, into hydrogen and oxygen.

Two astronauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Jan. 20.

The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a Japanese satellite positioning system made mostly of satellites in quasi-zenith orbits.

Company sees robots as critical for building off-world economy.

The startup is studying how tumbling debris behaves.

Startup’s lunar lander is an early attempt to commercialize the Moon.

Dense Tokyo is at the epicenter of the country’s space startups.

Japan is on track to launch the probe in fiscal 2024 and collect samples from Martian moon Phobos, returning to Earth by 2029.

Four NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts made a weather-delayed return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 2.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center an hour before dawn on April 23, sending a Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts on a one-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS.)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully recovered the small Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule in the remote Woomera region of Australia.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 15, sending a Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on its way to the International Space Station, the first U.S. government-certified flight of a commercially developed crewed orbital transportation system.

Japanese space researchers are studying concepts for a reusable orbiter with a mass of up to 5 metric tons for deployment by the Epsilon light space launcher.

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have selected a new technology for planetary sample collection and return for future missions to the Moon and Martian moon Phobos.

The ninth and final Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer cargo vehicle departed the International Space Station Aug. 18.

Japan is boosting its space exploration budget.