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...
22 April 2025
Axelspace on track to expand its EO microsatellite network
Japan’s Axelspace Corporation, which designs, manufactures and operates microsatellites, has announced its intention to launch seven next-...
March 2015
JAXA’s challenge to climate change
... the stars. So began the magnificent launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core satellite. The US ambassador to Japan, Ms. Caroline Kennedy, made a special statement before the press, saying that her father, President John F. Kennedy...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
...that NASA was grossly negligent in its predictions of space debris decay which, if successful, would fully absolve Japan of absolute liability, so the US government would have to indemnify the claimant instead (Art VI LC). The State that is nominally...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... Space Station with the US, Russia, Europe and Canada. Japan built a large science lab room on the ISS and ... "We didn't go to the Moon to learn about the Moon." Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide uses a vacuum cleaner...
