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Release on updated images of Kibo’s internal drone “Int-Ball” (Int-Ball Letter Vol. 1) Last Updated: July 25, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will release updated images and movies of the JEM Internal Ball Camera called “Int-Ball”–its first camera drone that can record video while moving in space under remote control from the ground. […]

Topics List Jul. 19, 2017 UpdatedDr. Horikawa Publishes on IAPS Dialogue The piece contributed by Dr. Horikawa, former JAXA technical counselor, got published on IAPS Dialogue. (Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, The University of Nottingham) In the piece themed “The Race for Asian Space Collaboration”, Horikawa notes “Utilizing space applications for sustainable development of […]

First disclosure of images taken by the JEM Kibo’s internal drone “Int-Ball” Last Updated: July 14, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has for the first time disclosed images and movies taken by the JEM Internal Ball Camera called “Int-Ball”－its first camera drone that can record video while moving in space under remote control […]

JAXA, Tohoku University and Hokkaido University on Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement on ISS/Kibo Microsatellite deployment Projects Last Updated: July 14, 2017 March 10th, 2017 National Research and Development Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tohoku University Hokkaido University JAXA, Tohoku University and Hokkaido University made a comprehensive agreement on the promotion of microsatellites. Through the agreement […]

Successful deployment of five “BIRDS project” CubeSats from the “Kibo” Last Updated: July 7, 2017 On July 7, 2017, from 5:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. , a total of five “BIRDS project” CubeSats were successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo”. Deployments of CubeSats (Credit: JAXA/NASA) The Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project acronym […]

Space mice and normalcy of spermatozoa DNA preserved long-term onboard “Kibo” on the International Space Station－Demonstrating the potential of mankind’s reproduction in space－ Last Updated: July 6, 2017 National University Corporation University of YamanashiNational Research and Development Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 【Overview】 The research group led by Sayaka Wakayama (specially appointed assistant professor), Teruhiko […]

Topics List Jun. 30, 2017 UpdatedUpdates on Development of LE-5B-3 Engine – Firing Test Begins JAXA tested LE-5B-3, the liquid rocket engine designed to propel the second stage of H3 Launch Vehicle now under development. LE-5B-3 enhances the LE-5B-2 engine that likewise boosts the second stage of H-IIA and H-IIB. LE-5B-2 has earned the time-tested […]

March 24, 2017 JAXA begins demonstration tests on snow and ice monitoring sensors Demonstration tests on snow and ice monitoring sensors, which JAXA has led the way in researching and developing, have begun at Kitami Institute of Technology (Kitami, Hokkaido) in December 2016. For the tests, researchers have created outdoor, underground installations of the sensors […]

Press release announcing an experimental outcome of the CubeSat FREEDOM: Last Updated: May 19, 2017 Nakashimada Engineering Works, Ltd. and Tohoku University jointly issued a press release on March 1, 2017, announcing an experimental outcome of their 1U sized CubeSat called FREEDOM (Falling and Re-Entering Equipment called DOM), which was deployed into orbit from the […]

May 18, 2017 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)Institute of Space and Astronautical Science / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA)National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA/MSFC)Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)Institut D’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) Polarization spectra of the hydrogen Lyman-α line from the Sun taken by theCLASP sounding rocket experiment for […]

May 9, 2017 (JST)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Products (Version 5) Release JAXA and NASA have started to provide a new version (Version 5) of Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) standard products. The following GPM products were started updating to product version 5 (V05A) from May 9th, 2017.The data from March 2014 will […]

Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, humankind has launched thousands of satellites. Many old, worn-out spacecraft, as well as the upper stages of rockets, remain in orbit around the earth – part of what is known as “space junk” or “space debris.” The amount of space junk continues to grow every year – more […]

JAXA President Monthly Press Conference Speech Abstracts by Naoki Okumura, President of JAXADate and time: From 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. on April 7 (Fri), 2017Venue: JAXA Tokyo Office Presentation Room (B1 floor)MC: Yoshikazu Shoji, Director, Public Affairs Department April, New Japanese Fiscal Year Starts This April marks the beginning of the final year of the […]