Business / Tech Aug 20, 2020
Japanese startup raises $28 million to help fund moon mission
Ispace plans its first lunar landing mission in 2022, and another the year after to explore the moon’s surface with a rover.
World / Science & Health Aug 2, 2020
The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's new Crew Dragon are heading home for a Sunday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, capping a two-month voyage in space that marked NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in ...
World / Science & Health Jul 30, 2020
NASA set to launch robotic rover to seek signs of past Martian life
The mission will involve the collection of rock samples and the test of an autonomous helicopter.
National Jul 28, 2020
Japan astronaut Akihiko Hoshide to become ISS commander next spring
Hoshide will become the second Japanese national to serve as a commander of the ISS, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jul 28, 2020
Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said on Monday. The asteroid is presently near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in ...
National Jul 13, 2020
Fireball that lit up Tokyo sky confirmed as meteor after fragments found
A fireball that brightened the Tokyo sky earlier this month has been identified as a meteor after fragments were found in a neighboring prefecture, a national science museum said Monday. The meteorite, which landed on a condominium in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, is believed to have ...
National / Science & Health Jul 2, 2020
Bright meteor lights up skies above Tokyo as witnesses report explosion
A bright meteor crossed the sky above Tokyo early Thursday, with many people saying they heard it explode. Social media came alive after the 2:30 a.m. sightings, with many people saying they heard a large bang. Some said they mistook the sound for noise made ...
Business / Corporate Jun 14, 2020
Japan startup's launch of compact rocket fails due to engine problem
A Japanese aerospace startup's launch of a compact rocket failed Sunday morning in Hokkaido due to an engine problem, the company said, marking the latest setback for a project that has suffered a series of delays. Interstellar Technologies Inc.'s MOMO-5 rocket fell into the sea ...
National / Reference | EXPLAINER Jun 2, 2020
Japan's new space squadron takes a giant leap forward
by Eric Johnston
The realization of Japan’s first space squadron marks a large step forward for the nation’s space ambitions at a time when, due to an increased number of satellite launches, the Earth's near space is more crowded than ever.
Science & Health May 21, 2020
For first time, scientists spot an alien planet as it is being formed
Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star a planet in the process of being born. This large young planet is forming ...
National May 21, 2020
JAXA's Kounotori 9 cargo spacecraft launches successfully on final mission
The launch was the last for both the Kounotori, which means "stork" in Japanese, and the H-IIB rocket.
National / Social Issues May 21, 2020
How do you reduce stress in a confined space? Ask an astronaut
by Yuka Nakao
Atsuhiro Mitsumaru, principal medical officer at Japan's space agency, says a comparison can be drawn between life on the ISS and staying at home.