JAXA: Research simulating life onboard ISS contained fabrications Space agency releases report alleging falsified data, researchers who weren’t there, and improper data management Science29 Nov 2022 | 8
Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft Asia In brief PLUS: Criminal probe of Singapore crypto exchange; Bosch invests in China R&D; $2B APAC datacenter fund formed; and more Science28 Nov 2022 | 23
Japanese cubesat sends home pics from the far side of the Moon JAXA hopes second lost lander can be recovered for radiation experiments Science24 Nov 2022 | 15
Japan space agency blows up eight satellites aboard Epsilon rocket This is not why this mission was dubbed the 'Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration' Science14 Oct 2022 | 23
SpaceX gives another four astronauts a lift to International Space Station Two Americans, a Japanese bloke and a Russian float into a lab. The bartender says... Science07 Oct 2022 | 4
Japan tests probe to land on Martian moon Phobos, bring a chunk of it back to Earth COVID hiccups be damned, work on instruments and connectivity is under way and space agency JAXA is determined to hit launch window Science06 Oct 2022 | 20
Ryugu asteroid: It came from the outer solar system, say scientists Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe samples reveal coarse-grained phyllosilicates that may have served as 'cradles' for organics and water Science16 Aug 2022 | 16
Japanese space agency to put massive HPC cloud to the test If only we'd had this kind of compute before we launched Hubble HPC25 Jul 2022 |
Japan's asteroid probe reportedly found 20 amino acids They're the stuff of life, so the fact they're floating around out there is very exciting Science07 Jun 2022 | 70
Bonus features: Sony uses Blu-ray tech to simulate 466Mbps laser link from the stratosphere to space Together with Japanese space agency, now imagining optical comms terminals on sats Networks28 Jan 2022 | 11
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 Science22 Dec 2021 | 79
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 Science23 Nov 2021 | 5
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 Science04 Oct 2021 | 19
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 Science01 Oct 2021 | 3
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 Science20 Aug 2021 | 76
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 Science27 Jul 2021 | 6
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 Science14 Jun 2021 | 8
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 Science27 May 2021 | 27
Japan accuses Chinese military of cyber-attacks on its space agency 200 other companies also targeted, but no data lost Security21 Apr 2021 | 4
We got it! Japanese space agency confirms its probe has Ryugu asteroid samples Andromeda Strain anyone? Science15 Dec 2020 | 30
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 Science10 Sep 2020 | 10
Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th Your order [Ref #RYUGU_REGOLITH | Picked up by probe #HAYABYUSA2] has shipped! Science14 Jul 2020 | 19
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 Science09 Jun 2020 | 31
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 Networks21 May 2020 | 14
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 Networks01 May 2020 | 41
SpaceX's Elon Musk high on success after counting '420' Starlinks in orbit and Frosty the Starship survives cryo test Roundup Also: Russia sends another freighter filled with astro goodies to ISS Science28 Apr 2020 | 38
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 Science26 Mar 2020 | 17
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 Science11 Sep 2019 | 15
Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins Science12 Jul 2019 | 6
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 Science14 May 2019 | 64
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 Science03 May 2019 | 25
Slip-sliding to May: Another Dragon delay and JAXA makes a bigger splash Round-up Ooooh, and lets not forget Manx Moon Stamps 'cos everyone loves an anniversary Science29 Apr 2019 | 10
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 Science22 Feb 2019 | 24
Rocket Labs mean business, Brits stick pin in Mars map, and Japan celebrates HTV-7’s dive into the atmosphere Roundup Another way ISS 'nauts can send stuff home Science13 Nov 2018 | 13
It's Two Spacecraft, One Mission as BepiColombo gets ready to launch JAXA and ESA in a tree, going to visit Mercury Science19 Oct 2018 | 23
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 Science03 Oct 2018 | 25
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 Science21 Sep 2018 | 28
SpaceX dodges lightning while storms keep Japan earthbound Telstar to blast broadband over Asia while ISS astros face fresh underwear delay Science10 Sep 2018 | 25
Solar winds will help ESA probe smell what Mercury's cookin' Sun's exhalations whip up molecules on planets with weak magnetic fields Science13 Jun 2018 | 9
Japan finds long, deep tunnel on the Moon With fewer meteors, lower radiation and better weather, this is a nice place for a colony Science20 Oct 2017 | 67
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 Science30 Jun 2017 | 19
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 Science04 Mar 2017 | 20
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 Science17 Jan 2017 | 34
Japanese robot space maid will incinerate Earth's dead satellites Vid Caretaker craft launched today in ISS cargo supply run Science09 Dec 2016 | 50
Jaxa's litany of errors spun Hitomi to pieces Agency releases analysis of why the satellite broke up Science01 Jun 2016 | 18
Japan's Hitomi space 'scope bricked, declared lost after software bug Untested commands bork $286m instrument Science29 Apr 2016 | 44
Hope for Hitomi after tumbling space 'scope phones home Communicates less than a kid in college Science30 Mar 2016 | 15
Japan loses contact with new space 'scope just weeks after launch Update: signals received Tanegashima, we have a problem Science28 Mar 2016 | 30
Hacked Japanese space probe sends back first pictures of Venus Belated visitor will skim 400km above planet's surface Science09 Dec 2015 | 28
Japan's 'White Stork' soars heavenwards to ISS Resupply mission space truck safely off the ground Science19 Aug 2015 | 31
Boffins brew up FIRST CUPPA in SPAAACE using wireless energy (well, sort of) High output of solar power enough to run an electric kettle Science15 Mar 2015 | 44
FOUR, count 'em, FOUR big rockets launching in next seven days NASA tests Orion, Japanese head to asteroid, France and China loft satellites Science02 Dec 2014 | 14
Japan pauses asteroid BOMBING raid – still no word from Bruce Willis? Hayabusa2 blaster won't fly until December Science28 Nov 2014 | 21
Earthly astronomers catch best-ever image of MASSIVE solar flare Pics and video Five telescopes catch X-class belch in exquisite detail Science09 May 2014 | 9
Japanese space boffins set to map the world in 3D Two years and counting for PRISM project... On-Prem06 Mar 2014 | 4
US, Japan prep new rainfall sat for launch GPM observatory set to fly late Feb Science28 Jan 2014 | 1
Malware slurps rocket data from Japanese space agency Secrets of Epsilon go out the door Security30 Nov 2012 | 18
Japan takes second shot at extraterrestrial sampling with Hayabusa 2 Damp asteroid 1999 JU3 may hold clues to Earth’s life Science01 Feb 2012 | 7
Japan launches, orbits radar spy satellite Fingers crossed that this one can snoop Norks Science12 Dec 2011 | 10