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Opinion Dominion (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Farming Solar Energy in Space: Scientific American According to the article, the Japanese are looking into space based solar power: ...by 2030 the agency [JAXA, Japan's equivalent to NASA] aims to put into geostationary orbit a solar-power generator that will transmit one gigawatt of energy to Earth, equivalent to the output of a large nuclear power plant. The energy would be sent to the surface in...
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Matt's blog (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Jaxtr Makes International Calls Cheap and Easy; Raises 0M to Go ... Mashable, CA - Jun 23, 2008 That call is then routed over VoIP and I use my a Jaxa credits to pay for it (1 Jax = ~ 1 minute of call time for most locations, priced at 0 for 1000 Jax) ...
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thomasfortenberry.net (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Later this year the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is set to test their new microwave energy system, which is part of their Space Solar Power System (SSPS). This ground test — beaming microwave energy through the air to a rectenna microwave-to-electricity convertor — will be the first step in launching their new space-based [...]
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Akihabara (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Look what I just received this morning ! Yes the NHK HD video of the moon ! For those who were stuck under a rock for the last couple of months, the JAXA (Japanese equivalent to the NASA) with Canon and NHK decided to sent a satellite to the moon and shoot HD video of our little dead planet and to sell this unique Experience to any Blu-Ray player owners... This is my PS3 which will be happy tonight...
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South by Southwest (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
NASA shuttle Discovery landed safely Saturday in Florida after completing its mission STS-124, according to NASA. The crew had been gone almost two weeks and had traveled 5.7 million miles. STS-124 launched the main segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's – or JAXA’s – station laboratory. Kibo’s Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, is so big that it barely fit inside Discovery's payload...
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Star Stryder (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Earlier this morning the space Shuttle Discovery landed down in Florida. This particular mission carried the JAXA’s Japanese Experiment Module (”Kibo” which means hope), to the International Space Station. This new addition to the ISS brings with it new opportunities for both pressured and exposed-to-space experiments. This is the third research module, after Destiny (US, [...]
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Japan has given up an experiment to grow thale cress on the International Space Station due to water system troubles, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. The U.S. space shuttle Discovery will bring the plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) back along with its experiment results as it returns to Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Sunday after a two-week mission. Read the full story
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News & Information (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
(Kyodo) _ Japan has given up an experiment to grow thale cress on the International Space Station due to water supply system troubles, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency….Read more
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp company, used its propulsion to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery on its 14-day mission to deliver needed components to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo Laboratory at the International Space Station.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
Here is NASA's official summary of STS-124: Space shuttle Discovery’s upcoming STS-124 mission is the second of three flights that will launch components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew will install Kibo’s large Japanese...
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Space Spin (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
The Laser Altimeter (LALT) aboard JAXA's lunar explorer KAGUYA (SELENE) captured data on the entire lunar surface height. The Lunar topographical map was produced by the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) from the LALT product of the National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ).
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Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Timothy Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi will travel......
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Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The U.S. space agency said it plans to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in conducting research on sonic boom modeling....
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The U.S. space agency said it plans to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in conducting research on sonic boom modeling.
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JournalHome.com Free Blog Host (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Coondoggie writes to tell us that NASA and JAXA (the Japan Aerospace scrutiny Agency) have announced a chumminess to study the sonic boom. Hoping to find the key to the next generation of supersonic aircraft, the study will include a look at JAXA's "Silent Supersonic technical knowledge Demonstration Program." "The change in air weight customer's broker with a sonic boom is only a few pounds per square...
