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[Project Topics] KOUNOTORI6 (HTV6) Makes Debut to Media
Topics List Oct. 19, 2016 UpdatedKOUNOTORI6 (HTV6) Makes Debut to Media On October 19, members of the media were invited to view KOUNOTORI6 (HTV6), H-II transfer vehicle to the Space Station. The event was held at Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) and attracted many as it showed actual HTV6 before launch.At the premiere, Hirohiko Uematsu, Director […]
[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] Calibration Result of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 JAXA Standard Products:Evaluation results of PALSAR-2 standard products were added.
JAXA/EORC are regularly conducting the calibration and validation of the PALSAR-2 and its standard products using the data over the calibration sites in the world. This page reports evaluation results of the PALSAR-2 standard products and radiometric calibration factors to convert digital number to backscatter value. Update Information Oct. 19, 2016: Evaluation results of PALSAR-2 […]
[Project Topics] Geospace satellite "ERG" released to the media
To elucidate high-energy electrons that repeat their generation and disappearance. Geospace is the region of outer space near the Earth. The radiation belt called the “Van Allen radiation belt” lies within the geospace, and the belt captures a huge volume of highly charged energy particles that exceed mega electron volts.This project aims at elucidating how […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] ISS/Kibo Monthly News: August, 2016
ISS/Kibo Monthly News: August, 2016 Last Updated: September 28, 2016 Topic of the Month Onboard activities of Astronaut Takuya Onishi Onishi maneuvering SSRMS to release Dragon spacecraft(August 26. Credit: JAXA/NASA/Takuya Onishi) Astronaut Takuya Onishi was busy in August conducting science/medical experiments and tasks related to the Dragon spacecraft (SpaceX CRS-9), and supporting an Extravehicular Activity […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] SELENE (Kaguya) HDTV data taken in 2007 are released
SELENE(Kaguya) High Definition Television Data Archive (SELENE, HDTV) Japanese This website provides all still images in the movies taken by SELENE(Kaguya) High Definition Television System, Kaguya HDTV, for educational and scientific purposes. Terms of use Your use of all data (movies and still images based on Kaguya HDTV) on the Kaguya HDTV Data Publication System […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] How were they formed? : Submicrometer craters in samples returned from the asteroid Itokawa
It is previously reported that precious few Itokawa particles show submicrometer craters on their surface. An international research team led by Dr. Dennis Harries (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) has investigated these craters in details using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. As a result of their observations, 15 craters were confirmed on a new […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] HINODE: the 10th Anniversary of its Launch
Happy Birthday “Hinode”! The solar observing satellite “Hinode” will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its launch on 23 September (Japan standard time). This 3-minutes movie presents the solar atmosphere fulfilled with active phenomena much more than ever imagined, captured with the Hinode telescopes. On 23 September 2006 (Japan standard time), the last vehicle in the […]
[Interview] Kenichi Shishido Deputy Director General, JICA "Japanese Space Technology Protecting Forests Around the World"
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is an independent administrative institution that coordinates official development assistance for the Government of Japan. The agency uses data collected by JAXA’s Earth observation satellites to plan its activities in the areas of forestry and conservation, water resources, disaster management, and cartography. We interviewed Kenichi Shishido, who is in […]
[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 Observation Results on M 6.2 earthquake in central Italy
ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 Observation Results on M 6.2 earthquake in central Italy Posted: August 25, 2016, 8:00 (UTC) On August 24, 2016 at 23:00 (UTC), an emergency observation with the Phased Array-type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2 (PALSAR-2) aboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2, “DAICHI-2”) was performed in response to the magnitude-6.2 earthquake in central Italy on […]
[Interview] JAXA&YOU – The Women of JAXA –
JAXA&YOU JAXA&YOU is a series started by two JAXA interns in the summer of 2016 to showcase both the accomplishments of individual employees of JAXA and to introduce the ways that JAXA supports and is connected to our life on Earth. The Women of JAXA A sub-series of JAXA&YOU, “The Women of JAXA” includes video […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Asian Try Zero-G 2016 ideas selected
Asian Try Zero-G 2016 ideas selected Last Updated: August 30, 2016 Kibo-ABC called for proposal of “Asian Try Zero-G 2016″ to be conducted in Kibo , expected to be performed by ISS crew JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi this year. Over 120 proposals were submitted from students and young scientists/engineers of Asian countries. Each Kibo-ABC participating […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] ISS/Kibo Monthly News: July, 2016
ISS/Kibo Monthly News: July, 2016 Last Updated: August 24, 2016 Topic of the Month Astronaut Takuya Onishi commences his ISS Expedition mission Onishi storing medical samples in the Minus Eighty degree CelsiusLaboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI)(July 18. Credit: JAXA/NASA/Takuya Onishi) At 10:36 a.m. on July 7, the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 48/49 crew including […]