Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed to the media Friday the planetary probe Akatsuki, which will attempt to travel to Venus to examine its climate. JAXA plans to launch the rectangular probe — 2.1 meters in height, 1.45 meters in width and 1.05 meters in depth — next year from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from Ibaraki University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa University, University of Tokyo, Academica Sinica, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have used the Subaru Telescope`s Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (COMICS) to capture the first direct, well-resolved infrared images of a circumstellar disk around a young massive star...
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
As we reported last week, it seemed as if the Hayabusa asteroid explorer mission was dealt a fatal blow when the third of its four ion engines failed. But the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced yesterday that it may have come up with a solution to that problem to get Hayabusa back home by [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Astronaut Koichi Wakata will receive a prime minister's award for his contribution to the completion of Japan's first manned space laboratory at the International Space Station, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said Friday. Wakata stayed 4 1/2 months at the ISS and "carried out an extremely important mission" in completing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo (Hope) space...
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been studying measures to deal with the anomaly detected in one of the ion engines aboard the Asteroid Explorer “HAYABUSA” as reported on November 9, 2009.As a result, the project team has come up with a recovery operation plan, and the project decided to resume the operations, while [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide has been assigned a role at the International Space Station that is expected to keep him there for about six months from summer 2012, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Wednesday. Hoshide, 40, is the fourth Japanese astronaut to be selected for a long-term stay aboard the space station, where he is scheduled to engage in the operation of Japan's Kibo laboratory module,...
IYA 2009 Astronomy (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Today, I come back to you with this cool news, which will make many of you amazed. Yes, it's true. Now you can send your name to Venus together with your name aboard AKATSUKI, (Planet-C) The Venus Climate Orbiter, scheduled to be launched in 2010 by JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) According to their project, JAXA is allowing anyone, interested to send their names across AKATSUKI to Venus....
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has big plans: It wants to conquer outer space to generate solar energy by 2030. The idea is to collect solar power in space and beam it down to earth, in the form of lasers or microwaves. The so-called Space Solar Power System project is led by big corporations such as Mitsubishi, NEC, Fujitsu und Sharp.
Space Spin (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
On November 4th, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency identified that one of the main ion engines (Thruster D) aboard the asteroid explorer Hayabusa had autonomously stopped detecting a high neutralizer voltage owing to degradation. The Hayabusa was during the second propulsion period in its return cruise back to the Earth in June 2010. Since the anomaly was identified, the project team has been...
Aviation Now (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency hopes to begin full-scale development of its Advanced Solid Rocket in 2010.
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released all the data from the Kaguya mission to the public. One of the ways to view the data is through a very nifty 3-D virtual brower. It only is available in Japanese for now (English version by the end of November, they say) so it [...]
USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The first of a new series of Japanese unmanned cargo spacecraft has recently concluded its first test flight to the International Space Station in total success. The H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV) undocked from the orbital lab on Friday, and began its atmospheric reentry on Sunday, when it burnt up high above the Pacific Ocean. The capsule, which was used to carry four and a half tons of cargo to the station,...
My Dark Sky (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) planned to launch a spacecraft to Venus sometime next year. This Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” (or Planet-C), as its name implies, will explore the climate of Venus such as unveil the mysteries of wind on Venus and observe the atmospheric movement and cloud formation process. Ultimately, this mission aims [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Japan's first unmanned space cargo vehicle, which separated from the International Space Station early Saturday Japan time, re-entered the atmosphere Monday morning after completing its mission, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV, re-entered the atmosphere about 120 km above New Zealand at 6:26 a.m., apparently disintegrating and burning up on its descent...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle was detached from the International Space Station early Saturday and is expected to burn up over the Pacific Ocean upon re-entry Monday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The H-II Transfer Vehicle, or HTV, dropped off food, supplies and stratospheric observation equipment needed by Japan's Kibo lab module.
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