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JAXA's Operations support for Cygnus spacecraft completed
JAXA’s Operations support for Cygnus spacecraft completed Last Updated: March 7, 2018 The JAXA H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) “KOUNOTORI” Operation Control Team had long supported operations of the Cygnus spacecraft -the US unmanned resupply cargo ship. Starting with Cygnus Orb D1 launched on Sept. 18, 2013, JAXA had supported the Cygnus operations for five years […]
The International Space Station (ISS) Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) held
The International Space Station (ISS) Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) held Last Updated: March 7, 2018 On January 23, 2018, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology held the International Space Station (ISS) Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) meeting, where JAXA participated as an ISS program partner. The ISS MCB meeting is a high-level international […]
Kibo-ABC Member Countries' News: So excited with unexpected results! Asian Try Zero-G 2018 was performed by JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai
Kibo-ABC Member Countries’ News: So excited with unexpected results! Asian Try Zero-G 2018 was performed by JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai Last Updated: February 15, 2018 On February 13th, experiments for Asian Try Zero-G 2018 were successfully conducted by JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai at ISS/ Kibo. Eight experiments which were selected from over 160 ideas submitted […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] HINODE Captures Record Breaking Solar Magnetic Field
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)Institute of Space and Astronautical Science /Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA) Snapshot of a sunspot observed by the Hinode spacecraft. (top) Visible light continuum image. (bottom) Magnetic field strength map. The color shows the field strength, from weak (cool colors) to strong (warm colors). Red indicates a location with a […]
[Space Transportation Systems] Successful Launch Experiment, SS-520 No. 5 Followed by Separation of Payload TRICOM-1R and Orbital Insertion
Topics List Feb. 3, 2018 UpdatedSuccessful Launch Experiment, SS-520 No. 5 Followed by Separation of Payload TRICOM-1R and Orbital Insertion Exactly at 2:03 pm (Japan Standard Time) at the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center, JAXA experimented SS-520 No. 5 launch with a microsatellite TRICOM-1R aboard.After liftoff, flight of SS-520 No. 5 proceeded normally. Around 7 minutes […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] ISAS Website System Maintenance Info (Jan. 21 to 22)
Jan 15, 2018 Due to system maintenance, ISAS Website (http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/) will be closed as follows; January 21 (Sun.) 6:00 a.m. to January 22 (Mon.) 12:00 p.m. (JST)* Time schedule may differ slightly. We apologize for any inconvenience and ask for your understanding. Let’s block ads! (Why?) To source
[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] SHIKISAI Observation Data Acquired by SGLI.
Image Gallery Jan. 12, 2018 SHIKISAI Observation Data Acquired by SGLI. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released some observation images on the Earth acquired by the Global Changing Observation Mission – Climate “SHIKISAI” (GCOM-C). The SHIKISAI was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 10:26:22, 2017 (Japan Standard Time). These images are obtained […]