November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... EDEN ISS scientific advisory board consists of the top scientists in the field of CEA from Russia, USA, Japan, Italy and Germany. Objectives Due to the necessity of validating key technologies for space greenhouses under mission...
January 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... number of other projects under the HSTI that complement the SNC partnership. KiboCUBE, an initiative with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), offers educational and research institutions from developing countries the opportunity to deploy...
September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... collaboration among companies and research organisations, and dialogue established with the space industries of China and Japan, and with JAXA, the Japanese space agency. France and SA have also discussed space sector collaboration...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... first European commander of the ISS. One of his tasks was to operate the Station’s robotic arm to dock Japan’s first H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). After his mission, he chaired the technical committee of the second EU-ESA Space...
27 June 2018
Hayabusa2 reaches Ryugu after a 42 month journey
Hayabusa2, Japan’s asteroid sample return mission has successfully settled into an observation position 20 kilometres (12 miles) above the Ryugu ...
05 March 2021
For the first time, organic materials essential for life have been found on the surface of an asteroid
... asteroid from which samples were captured and brought to Earth for analysis. The samples were collected by Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft; the predecessor to the more famous Hayabusa 2 craft which recently collected loose debris samples...
