Asia Pacific Jun 17, 2021
China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission
The crew members will be monitored for how they fare in space physically and psychologically for an extended period of time.
World / Science & Health Jun 3, 2021
New NASA missions will study Venus, a world overlooked for decades
by Kenneth Chang
After numerous missions by the United States and the Soviet Union to explore it in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, attention shifted elsewhere.
World May 9, 2021
The re-entry ended days of speculation over where the debris would hit but drew U.S. criticism over a lack of transparency.
National May 3, 2021
Japan bolsters capabilities in electronic warfare, space and cyber realms
Having advantages in the new fields is "crucially important" for the SDF in the face of Chinese and Russian military buildups, defense officials say.
National Apr 25, 2021
Japan's Akihiko Hoshide among new ISS crew after SpaceX launch
The commercially developed SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ship carrying a group of four astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday.
National / Science & Health Apr 21, 2021
Hamburgers on the moon? Astronaut jokes with Suga about lunar project
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has an idea of what an international project to go back to the moon will eventually lead to: Humans enjoying hamburgers on the lunar surface. Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga laugh during a call from the International ...
Business / Corporate | Regional voices: Chubu Apr 19, 2021
With lower launch costs, Japan's next-gen H3 rocket aims for global success
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are hoping to attract a wide range of commercial demand, including satellite launches for organizations overseas.
World / Science & Health Apr 17, 2021
NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon lander, with 2024 goal
NASA said Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc. The ...
National Apr 1, 2021
Oral care product made by workers with disabilities could be sent to space station
The mint-flavored spray is made by mentally disabled people employed by a nonprofit organization in Niigata Prefecture.
National Mar 15, 2021
Deployment of Myanmar's first satellite under review due to coup
by Tim Kelly
Myanmar's first satellite is being held on board the International Space Station following the Myanmar coup, while Japan's space agency and a Japanese university decide what to do with it, two Japanese university officials said. The ¥1.7 billion satellite was built by Japan's Hokkaido University ...
World Mar 9, 2021
NASA-SpaceX launch of next International Space Station crew delayed
The next launch window for a NASA crew to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocketship has been pushed back by at least another two days, to no earlier than April 22, the space agency said. SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur ...
National / Science & Health Mar 6, 2021
Next SpaceX liftoff, carrying Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, eyed for April 22
NASA said Friday it is targeting another launch of a SpaceX spacecraft, due to carry Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and three other astronauts to the International Space Station, for as early as April 22. It will be the third manned flight to the ISS by a ...