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 […]
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Posted inInternet Policies
Did Hackers Steal HTV Plans From JAXA?
Japanese scientists fear spacecraft blueprint stolen after networks penetrated by virus, Daily Mail “The Japanese space agency has admitted that a computer virus may have stolen sensitive information from their […]
Posted inAstronauts
Photo: On Orbit and Backlit By Earthshine
Photo: JAXA Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa Backlit Only By Earthshine “Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, holds a still camera while looking through a window in […]
Posted inCommercialization
Is Robonaut Going to Get a Japanese Tweetbot Girlfriend In Space?
Japan may send chatty humanoid tweet-bot to space, AP “Japan’s space agency JAXA announced this week that it is looking at a plan to send a humanoid robot to the […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Japan's Venus Probe Fails To Enter Orbit
Japan probe overshoots Venus, headed toward sun, CNBC “The probe, called Akatsuki, which means dawn, reached Venus on Tuesday and fired its engines in an attempt to reach an elliptical […]
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A Cylon Girlfriend for Robonaut2
Keith’s note: I have found a girlfriend for Robotnaut2. Her name is HRP-4C. Perhaps JAXA can find a way for her to fly up to the ISS on an HTV. […]
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JAXA Wants (but can't attract) More Private Sector Funds
Price too high on space module for hire, Daily Yomiuri “The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has received few requests from private corporations wanting to lease space in the research module […]