Keith’s note: the other day Russia broke the only launch pad it has that can launch Soyuz or Progress missions to the ISS. Space social media is all over the […]
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Posted inRussia
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 […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
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 […]
Posted inCommercialization
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 […]
Posted inCulture
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 […]
Posted inISS News
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 […]
Posted inISS News
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 […]
Posted inNews
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 […]
Posted inISS News
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 […]
Posted inISS News
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 […]