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Since January 10 this year (2018), the third phase of the ion engine operation has been underway. This was completed this week on June 3, ending the use of the ion engines for the outward approach towards asteroid Ryugu. During the operation on June 3, Hayabusa2’s velocity was confirmed via Doppler data (the shift in […]

Topics Introduction in Japanese follows English. How to watch the program STORYForests play various roles: nourishing many life forms, generating oxygen, protecting the soil, and producing water. But deforestation continues to be an issue worldwide. It is even being said that they will have completely vanished 100 years from now if the current situation remains […]

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JAXA’s Activity of JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) win MEXT’s Prize for Science and Technology in the 2018 Commendation Last Updated: May 10, 2018 JAXA’s activity using JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) took Prizes for Science and Technology (in the Science and Technology Promotion Category) at the 2018 Commendation for Science and Technology […]

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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 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]