See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi U./Rikkyo U./Nagoya U./Chiba Inst. Tech./Meiji U./U. Aizu/AIST ...

Itokawa sample Ryugu sample Note: Samples of these asteroids to be displayed at the Pavilion may change (copyright (c): JAXA). Moreover, the Japan Pavilion will exhibit sand that asteroid explorers ...

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Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was a car.

Previous studies on Hayabusa-type capsules revealed increasing oscillations ... This research utilizes facilities such as wind tunnels and balloon flight platforms provided by JAXA and ISAS. While ...

The government plans to exhibit one of the world's biggest meteorites from Mars at its pavilion at this year's World Exposition in the city of Osaka, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...

In the Factory Area, sand samples of the asteroids Itokawa and Ryugu collected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa probes will be exhibited. Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.

The Chinese hacker group "MirrorFace" carried out 210 cyberattacks from 2019 to 2024 on Japanese organizations with the aim of obtaining information related the country's national security and ...

Everything went smoothly and the satellite successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 29 minutes after the liftoff, said Makoto Arita, H3 project manager for the Japan Aerospace ...