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JAXA And ROSCOSMOS Plan Droid Program Wedding To Make A Moon Droid
JAXA And ROSCOSMOS Plan Droid Program Wedding To Make A Moon Droid

Russian, Japanese companies plan to jointly design moon robot, TASS “Russia’s Android Technology Company and Japan’s GITAI startup plan to create a robot to operate on the lunar surface, the Russian company’s executive director, Yevgeny Dudorov, told TASS. “We will sign a cooperation agreement. Later, we will outline joint plans for 2020, 2021 and other years,” Dudorov said, adding that the deal would be signed soon. Once the joint project […]

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  • December 16, 2019
Akatsuki Is Finally Orbiting Venus
Akatsuki Is Finally Orbiting Venus

Japan’s Akatsuki Is Orbiting Venus “The nail-biting maneuver that sent Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft into orbit around Venus this week is being celebrated by NASA scientists, eager to learn more about the atmosphere and climate of Earth’s enigmatic sister planet. At about 7 p.m. EST on Sunday, Dec. 6, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) commanded the climate orbiter to fire four […]

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  • December 9, 2015
Japan Wants to Compete For Global Commercial Launches With New Rocket

JAXA Selects Mitsubishi to Build New Flagship Launch Vehicle, SpaceRef Business “JAXA has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build a new flagship launch vehicle to replace the current H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicles and intends to compete for international commercial contracts. The new rocket is expected to come into service in 2020 and JAXA stated that they plan on cutting launch costs by half to try and compete directly with […]

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  • March 25, 2014
Baffling GPM Anime from JAXA PAO

Keith’s note: This incomprehensible anime video from JAXA seems to be about some bratty nerd girls who wear NASA and JAXA jackets, get into cat fights, get married, and work on the Joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission or something like that. Yes, I know there are subtitles, and (minimal) narration in Japanese, but the pictures tell an odd narrative. But it looks cool.

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  • October 22, 2013
Japan's H-IIB Launches HTV4 to the ISS

Japan’s H-II Rocket Launches the HTV4 Spacecraft to the Space Station, NASA “The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) HTV-4 Transfer Vehicle launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. Once there, the HTV-4 will deliver 3.6 tons of dry cargo, water, experiments and spare parts to the International Space Station. Unlike a Russian Progress vehicle which docks automatically, the HTV-4 will be […]

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  • August 3, 2013
JAXA HTV4 Launch Time to the ISS Set

LIVE Launch: JAXA Launch H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI”4 (HTV4), SpaceRef “The KOUNOTORI is an unmanned cargo transporter to be launched by the H-IIB launch vehicle. It is designed to deliver up to six tons of supplies including food, clothes, and experiment devices to the ISS in orbit at an altitude of about 400 kilometers and return with spent equipment, used clothing, and other waste material. The KOUNOTORI with waste material […]

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  • August 2, 2013
New JAXA President First Monthly Report

JAXA President Monthly Regular Press Conference May 2013, JAXA “Now, I really perceive that JAXA has graduated from the technological verification phase that has been a goal of JAXA’s assignment in the last 10 years, and entered into the next phase as JAXA has successfully performed 19 consecutive launches of H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicles combined. That is also backed politically by the government’s new “Basic Plan for Space Policy” […]

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  • June 24, 2013
International Space Station Future Uses

International Space Station Symposium 2012 Highlights (Videos), SpaceRef “Leader and researchers of the partners in the International Space Station (ISS) gathered in Berlin this week for the ISS Symposium 2012 to celebrate the completion of the ISS and to discuss the future path and priorities for research on the ISS. The three-day symposium covered case-studies in fundamental and applied research and the actual or potential spin-offs for the benefit of […]

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  • May 4, 2012
NASA/CASIS Ignores NASA's Own ISS Research Announcements

Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) Releases AO for International Research Participation on ISS Kibo Module “The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has released an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to fund experiments to be conducted aboard the Japanese Experiment Module, Kibo, on the International Space Station in FY2014 or later. JAXA is recruiting proposals that “make full use of the Kibo’s unique environment that will have major impacts on science, technology, industry and […]

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  • May 2, 2012
Stealth ISS Heads of Agency Meeting

Quebec City to Host Space Agency Leaders This Week, SpaceRef Canada “Starting today Quebec City is hosting approximately 80 delegates for the International Space Agency Heads of Agency meeting. Attending will be representatives from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) along with the hosts the Canadian Space Agency.” Marc’s note: The Canadian Space Agency plans to issue […]

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  • February 27, 2012