Topics List Aug. 17, 2015 UpdatedKOUNOTORI5 launch rescheduled to 8:50:49 p.m. on August 19 (Wed.) 2015 The KOUNOTORI5(HTV5)/H-IIB F5 launch was postponed to 8:50:49 p.m. on August 19 due to adverse weather.Accordingly, the live launch report will begin at 8:00 p.m. on August 19 (Wed. , JST). The report will be broadcast through the Internet.Please […]
Our week through the lens: 10-14 August 2015 To source
Bursts of pink and red, dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust, and a bright scattering of stars — this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows part of a messy barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 428. To source
ESA’s Rosetta today witnessed Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko making its closest approach to the Sun. The exact moment of perihelion occurred at 02:03 GMT this morning when the comet came within 186 million km of the Sun. To source
Among the many discoveries by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter since the mission was launched on Aug. 12, 2005, are seasonal flows on some steep slopes. To source
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA’s Cebreros deep-space tracking station reflecting environmentally friendly light To source
In the approach to perihelion over the past few weeks, Rosetta has been witnessing growing activity from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, with one dramatic outburst event proving so powerful that it even pushed away the incoming solar wind. To source
TOP > Report & Column > The Forefront of Space Science > 2014 > Honeycomb-structured Weight-saving High Gain Planar Antennas Installed on Hayabusa 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | The asteroid explorer “Hayabusa 2” was launched on 3 December. This paper will introduce the high gain planar antennas lightened with the use of […]
Topics List Aug. 6, 2015 UpdatedDevelopment progress for Enhanced Epsilon The development of the Enhanced Epsilon Launch Vehicle has been going smoothly.The static firing test of the sub-sized upper-stage motor was completed before the end of March, 2015, as scheduled.On June 18, shocks and behavior due to the payload separation impact were checked through the […]
This colorful bubble is a planetary nebula called NGC 6818, also known as the Little Gem Nebula. The rich glow of the cloud is just over half a light-year across — humongous compared to its tiny central star — but still a little gem on a cosmic scale. To source
Aug. 5, 2015 Updated AKATSUKI: Orbit successfully controlled JAXA performed an orbit control maneuver for the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” in late July in preparation for its re-injection into the Venus orbit scheduled for Dec. 7, 2015. According to the analysis of telemetry data acquired up to Aug. 2, the orbit control and correction was […]
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name, in the constellation of Sagittarius. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust. […]
ESA’s Rosetta mission today celebrates one year at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, with its closest approach to the Sun now just one week away. To source