H-IIA UPGRADE Enhanced launch performance to cope with geostationary satellite launch –Adopting it to the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 29, our upgraded flagship launch vehicle The “geostationary orbit” is about 36,000 km above the Earth’s equator. The orbit is used by meteorological and communication satellites.For entering into the geostationary orbit, a satellite is injected into […]
Topics List Oct. 5, 2015 Updated“Ryugu” was selected as name of Hayabusa2 target asteroid Asteroid 1999 JU3, a target of the Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2,” was named “Ryugu”.One major reason for the selection was that, in the Japanese ancient story “Urashima Taro”, the main character, Taro Urashima, brought back a casket from the Dragon’s palace, or […]
Support systems provided by JAXA ■ Hoshinoko Nursery School Hoshinoko Nursery School is an employer-provided nursery school opened in the Tsukuba Space Center in April 2012 as part of the support provided to JAXA employees that would ensure the healthy balance between meeting the demands of work and childcare. Hoshinoko Nursery School has a maximum […]
Opportunities for networking and interactions between female researchers and female engineers are highly useful for both groups to share tips related to their personal and professional lives. Through these events, they could also enrich their understanding of the trends in research development and in society, and thereby address issues not only in their common sector, […]
JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, July, 2015 Last Updated: September 30, 2015 This is JAXA’s Japanese astronaut activity report for July, 2015. Astronaut Kimiya Yui commences his ISS Expedition mission In early July, Astronaut Kimiya Yui and his crewmates Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and Kjell Lindgren of NASA underwent final training at […]
KOUNOTORI5 Leaves the ISS Last Updated: September 29, 2015 KOUNOTORI5 being released by the ISS robotic arm(Credit: JAXA/NASA) KOUNOTORI5 (HTV5) was unberthed from the nadir port of Harmony (node 2) by the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) at 8:12 p.m., September 28 (11:12 a.m., September 28 UTC). Captured by the SSRMS, KOUNOTORI5 (HTV5) was […]
The hatch of KOUNOTORI5 has closed Last Updated: September 28, 2015 Astronauts closing the hatch of KOUNOTORI5 (Credit: JAXA/NASA) The KOUNOTORI5’s hatch closure was confirmed at around 0:29 a.m., September 28 (3:29 p.m., September 27 UTC). Unberthing time of KOUNOTORI5 from the International Space Station is scheduled for 0:20 a.m., September 29 (3:20 p.m., September […]
Topics List Sep. 18, 2015 UpdatedUpgraded H-IIA (H-IIA F29) launch on Nov. 24 The launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No..29 (H-IIA F29) was set to be between 3:23 p.m. thru 5:07 p.m. on Nov. 24 (Tue.), 2015 (Japan Standard Time).Our achievement of developing an upgraded flagship launch vehicle for acquiring global-level launch capacity of […]
Topics List Sep. 16, 2015 UpdatedLive Internet broadcast of KOUNOTORI5’s departure from ISS on Sept. 28 (Mon.) The KOUNOTORI5 will leave the International Space Station (ISS) at 0:20 a.m. on September 29 (Tue.), and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at around 5:31 a.m. on the 30th (Wed.) to burn up. JAXA will broadcast the live report […]
JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, June, 2015 Last Updated: September 17, 2015 This is JAXA’s Japanese astronaut activity report for June, 2015. Astronaut Kimiya Yui continues training for his upcoming long-duration ISS mission Astronaut Kimiya Yui, who was assigned as a crew member for the Expedition 44/45 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), underwent training […]
The Exposed Pallet (EP) of the HTV5 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI’s Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC). Last Updated: September 16, 2015 After removed from the Kibo’s Exposed Facility(EF) by the JEM Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS), the Exposed Pallet (EP) was handed over to the station’s robotic arm (Space Station Remote Manipulator System: SSRMS). Then, the EP […]
Kibo-ABC Member Countries’ News: Indonesia Last Updated: September 11, 2015 Finalists of the Scientific Writing Competition for high school students in Indonesia, “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science,” are conducting simulated microgravity experiments for the final competition in October The Scientific Writing Competition “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science” has begun, in cooperation […]
Launched in December 2014, the asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 is now cruising in outer space as scheduled. It will arrive at the asteroid 1999 JU3 in 2018, the same year that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is due to arrive at the asteroid Bennu. Both the Japanese and American explorers are attempting to unlock the mystery of the […]