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Boffins' first take on asteroid dust from Japanese probe: Carbon rich, less lumpy than expected
The five grams of Ryugu we got suggests it's made of the same stuff as the outer Sun
22 Dec 2021 10:03 | 79
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Fancy being an astronaut but didn't go to uni? Your time may have finally come
Japanese space agency wants 'nauts with good eyesight and work experience – no degree required
23 Nov 2021 05:05 | 5
Science
ESA and JAXA release Mercury eyecandy, courtesy of spacecraft BepiColumbo
Fourth of nine scheduled planetary assists completed as spacecraft inches closer to releasing its orbiters
04 Oct 2021 12:13 | 19
Science
Honda to build reusable rockets to sling sats, but won't scare SpaceX
Also plans remote-controlled robots with fingers and jar-opening capabilities, to help run a moon base
01 Oct 2021 05:05 | 3
Science
Japan's aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land
Hope to address the noise of airflows over flaps and other parts as that can be louder than engines
20 Aug 2021 11:59 | 76
Science
Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond
'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground
27 Jul 2021 05:19 | 6
Science
Honda links arms with JAXA to prepare humans for life in outer space with 'circulative renewable energy system'
Car maker to draw upon its investments in hydrogen fuel tech
14 Jun 2021 17:30 | 8
Science
Japan to send ‘transforming robot’ to the Moon in 2022
It’s a pathfinder for Toyota’s planned self-driving lunar buggy, and tiny compared to Optimus Prime
27 May 2021 04:28 | 27
Security
Japan accuses Chinese military of cyber-attacks on its space agency
200 other companies also targeted, but no data lost
21 Apr 2021 03:30 | 4
Science
We got it! Japanese space agency confirms its probe has Ryugu asteroid samples
Andromeda Strain anyone?
15 Dec 2020 10:25 | 30
Science
No, it's not the trailer for the new Dune, it's the potential view from the 'Super Hi-Vision Camera' on Japan's 2024 mission to Mars
Hayabusa's heading home, but 8K's going to Mars
10 Sep 2020 15:30 | 10
Science
Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th
Your order [Ref #RYUGU_REGOLITH | Picked up by probe #HAYABYUSA2] has shipped!
14 Jul 2020 04:57 | 19
Science
Japan to test self-destructing satellite to shrink space junk with string and an inanimate carbon blob
Now that launches and cubesats are cheap, ‘post-mission disposal’ has become more important
09 Jun 2020 05:28 | 31
Networks
International space station testing Wi-Fi links with incoming craft, with an eye on autonomous docking
Japanese mission also carrying rolling remote-control robot atop last of a famous rocket family
21 May 2020 02:58 | 14
Networks
International space station connects 100Mbps symmetric space laser ethernet using Sony optical disc tech
As the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group launches discussion of Solar System Internet
01 May 2020 04:11 | 41
Roundup
SpaceX's Elon Musk high on success after counting '420' Starlinks in orbit and Frosty the Starship survives cryo test
Also: Russia sends another freighter filled with astro goodies to ISS
28 Apr 2020 10:16 | 38
Science
BEHOLD! Japan's Hayabusa2 probe left human imprints on ASTEROID SAND
Sure, the bullet couldn't shift a big boulder, but it may have learned Ryugu's composition and birthday
26 Mar 2020 08:31 | 17
Science
Oops: Rockets lighting their tails is a good thing – but not three-plus hours before lift-off
Japanese cargo spaceship launch scrubbed after premature deflagration
11 Sep 2019 05:02 | 15
Science
Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn
Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins
12 Jul 2019 15:30 | 6
Science
Japan's mission to mine Mars' moon is cleared – now they've filled out the right paperwork on alien world contamination
In space no one can hear you complete form P6719 in triplicate for astro-mandarins
14 May 2019 08:09 | 64
Science
Water big surprise: H2O found in samples of 'dry' asteroid brought to Earth over millions of miles by plucky probe
Parched Itokawa was hiding watery tricks up its sleeve
03 May 2019 08:42 | 25
Round-up
Slip-sliding to May: Another Dragon delay and JAXA makes a bigger splash
Ooooh, and lets not forget Manx Moon Stamps 'cos everyone loves an anniversary
29 Apr 2019 09:30 | 10
Science
Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe has got the horn for space rock Ryugu – a sampling horn, that is
Asteroid bits collected. Next step, to hadouken a crater
22 Feb 2019 17:35 | 24
Roundup
Rocket Labs mean business, Brits stick pin in Mars map, and Japan celebrates HTV-7’s dive into the atmosphere
Another way ISS 'nauts can send stuff home
13 Nov 2018 10:28 | 13
Science
It's Two Spacecraft, One Mission as BepiColombo gets ready to launch
JAXA and ESA in a tree, going to visit Mercury
19 Oct 2018 10:45 | 23
Science
JAXA probe's lucky MASCOT plonks down on space rock Ryugu without a hitch
16 hours of rocking and rolling before the power runs out
03 Oct 2018 10:51 | 25
Science
Bouncing robots land on asteroid 180m miles away amid mission to fetch sample for Earth
Second time lucky for Japan after first try proved a bust
21 Sep 2018 05:17 | 28
Science
SpaceX dodges lightning while storms keep Japan earthbound
Telstar to blast broadband over Asia while ISS astros face fresh underwear delay
10 Sep 2018 11:12 | 25
Science
Solar winds will help ESA probe smell what Mercury's cookin'
Sun's exhalations whip up molecules on planets with weak magnetic fields
13 Jun 2018 13:19 | 9
Science
Japan finds long, deep tunnel on the Moon
With fewer meteors, lower radiation and better weather, this is a nice place for a colony
20 Oct 2017 01:57 | 67
Science
Sailor Moon? More like sail to the Moon: Japan vows to set foot on lunar soil by 2030
All part of the wider plan to visit the dusty wasteland of Mars
30 Jun 2017 20:45 | 19
Science
Japan's Venus probe power plight panacea: Turn it off and on again ...and again and again...
Ill-fated Akatsuki suffers more setbacks – now, its cameras
04 Mar 2017 00:16 | 20
Science
Japan tries to launch satellite on rocket the size of a telegraph pole
And fails: the launcher's second stage failed to ignite so it ditched into the sea
17 Jan 2017 06:00 | 34
Vid
Japanese robot space maid will incinerate Earth's dead satellites
Caretaker craft launched today in ISS cargo supply run
09 Dec 2016 22:03 | 50
Science
Jaxa's litany of errors spun Hitomi to pieces
Agency releases analysis of why the satellite broke up
01 Jun 2016 05:01 | 18
Science
Japan's Hitomi space 'scope bricked, declared lost after software bug
Untested commands bork $286m instrument
29 Apr 2016 19:04 | 44
Science
JAXA confirms ASTRO-H breakup
Space oddity blamed
03 Apr 2016 22:56 | 21
Science
Hope for Hitomi after tumbling space 'scope phones home
Communicates less than a kid in college
30 Mar 2016 19:22 | 15
Update: signals received
Japan loses contact with new space 'scope just weeks after launch
Tanegashima, we have a problem
28 Mar 2016 18:05 | 30
Science
Hacked Japanese space probe sends back first pictures of Venus
Belated visitor will skim 400km above planet's surface
09 Dec 2015 20:49 | 28
Science
Japanese hack gets space probe back on track
The little engines that could
07 Dec 2015 21:16 | 43
Science
Japan's 'White Stork' soars heavenwards to ISS
Resupply mission space truck safely off the ground
19 Aug 2015 16:02 | 31
Science
Boffins brew up FIRST CUPPA in SPAAACE using wireless energy (well, sort of)
High output of solar power enough to run an electric kettle
15 Mar 2015 19:42 | 44
Science
FOUR, count 'em, FOUR big rockets launching in next seven days
NASA tests Orion, Japanese head to asteroid, France and China loft satellites
02 Dec 2014 07:31 | 14
Science
Japan pauses asteroid BOMBING raid – still no word from Bruce Willis?
Hayabusa2 blaster won't fly until December
28 Nov 2014 22:18 | 21
Pics and video
Earthly astronomers catch best-ever image of MASSIVE solar flare
Five telescopes catch X-class belch in exquisite detail
09 May 2014 21:18 | 9
On-Prem
Japanese space boffins set to map the world in 3D
Two years and counting for PRISM project...
06 Mar 2014 04:31 | 4
Science
US, Japan prep new rainfall sat for launch
GPM observatory set to fly late Feb
28 Jan 2014 03:28 | 1
Security
Malware slurps rocket data from Japanese space agency
Secrets of Epsilon go out the door
30 Nov 2012 22:58 | 18
Science
Japan takes second shot at extraterrestrial sampling with Hayabusa 2
Damp asteroid 1999 JU3 may hold clues to Earth’s life
01 Feb 2012 21:00 | 7
Science
Japan launches, orbits radar spy satellite
Fingers crossed that this one can snoop Norks
12 Dec 2011 20:12 | 10
Science
Japan plans space debris fishing trip
Unfurls really big metal net
01 Feb 2011 14:36 | 37
Science
Hayabusa in fiery return to Earth
Asteroid sample pod lands in Oz outback
14 Jun 2010 09:04 | 18
Science
Space 2010 - the future is fantastic!
Solar sailing, Venus weather, dark matter, and more
18 Dec 2009 07:02 | 13
Science
Japan hurls first space freighter at ISS
No pressure, maybe
10 Sep 2009 23:01 | 8
Science
Japanese lunar orbiter to go out with a bang
Moon impact tomorrow for Kaguya
09 Jun 2009 12:03 | 26
Science
NASA eyes Japan's ISS supply vehicle
'Unofficial negotiations' to buy
21 Jul 2008 11:58 | 14
Science
Japan scrubs spy satellite launch
Bad weather, no new date set
16 Feb 2007 11:15 |
Science
Hayabusa probe to limp back to Earth
Ion engines might enable homecoming
14 Feb 2007 13:01 |
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