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Japan billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip due to uncertainty over SpaceX rocket development
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip due to uncertainty over SpaceX rocket development

The Independent  

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Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?
11 months ago

Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.” The milestone puts Japan in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. ___ INDIA Last year, India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, where scientists believe …

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Japan aims for Lunar success with smart lander mission on January 20
11 months ago

Japan aims for Lunar success with smart lander mission on January 20

Live Mint  

In a bid to overcome setbacks, Japan is set to attempt a soft landing on the moon's surface with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon early Saturday morning. China's notable achievements, including a soft landing on the moon's far side in 2019 and a Mars landing in 2021, have added pressure on Japan. Despite past lunar attempts, Japan's space agency, …

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Japan launches rocket carrying an X-ray telescope to explore the origins of universe
1 year, 3 months ago

Japan launches rocket carrying an X-ray telescope to explore the origins of universe

NPR  

Japan launches rocket carrying an X-ray telescope to explore the origins of universe Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP TOKYO — Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander. The launch of the HII-A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan was …

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Japan aims to beam solar power from space by 2025
1 year, 6 months ago

Japan aims to beam solar power from space by 2025

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A public-private partnership led by Japanese space agency JAXA will see the first satellite transmitters set up …

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Japan aborts launch of new rocket carrying missile sensor
1 year, 10 months ago

Japan aborts launch of new rocket carrying missile sensor

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s space agency aborted the inaugural launch of its next-generation H3 rocket on Friday after the auxiliary booster engines failed to ignite, officials said. The main engine of the rocket, which is carrying an observation satellite and an experimental sensor to detect missile launches, had already ignited when the launch was halted, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. …

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US, Japan agree to strengthen security ties amid China worries
1 year, 11 months ago

US, Japan agree to strengthen security ties amid China worries

Al Jazeera  

US and Japan say China is their ‘greatest shared strategic challenge in the Indo-Pacific and beyond’. In a joint statement issued on Wednesday in Washington, DC after talks between the US and Japanese foreign and defence ministers, the two countries said China presented an “unprecedented” threat to international order and pledged to position their alliance to “prevail in a new …

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Japan space agency rocket carrying 8 satellites fails
2 years, 2 months ago

Japan space agency rocket carrying 8 satellites fails

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years. The Epsilon-6 rocket was not in the right position to orbit around the Earth and its flight had to be aborted less than seven …

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Japan to create first wooden satellites that completely burn up on re-entry to eliminate space junk
3 years, 11 months ago

Japan to create first wooden satellites that completely burn up on re-entry to eliminate space junk

The Independent  

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Asteroid samples from Hayabusa-2 leave Japan scientists speechless
4 years ago

Asteroid samples from Hayabusa-2 leave Japan scientists speechless

Live Mint  

Scientists in Japan said on 15 December they were left "speechless" when they saw how much asteroid dust was inside a capsule delivered by the Hayabusa-2 space probe in an unprecedented mission. The Japanese probe collected surface dust and pristine material last year from the asteroid Ryugu, around 300 million kilometres away, during two daring phases of its six-year mission. …

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Asteroid space capsule completes 5-billion-kilometre mission, touching down in a blaze of light in outback South Australia
4 years ago

Asteroid space capsule completes 5-billion-kilometre mission, touching down in a blaze of light in outback South Australia

ABC  

Scientists in the South Australian outback have retrieved a capsule containing the first sub-surface samples from an asteroid, ending a six-year journey of more than 5 billion kilometres. Key points: Early on Sunday, the capsule turned into a fireball 120 kilometres above earth It landed near Woomera, with authorities locating it after an aerial search Scientists hope the collected samples …

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