The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) spacecraft was selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for Phase ... serve as a proof of concept for commercial space ...

The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission made its latest passage of Mercury on Wednesday (Jan. 8) at 00: 59 EDT (0259 GMT). During the flyby ...

BepiColombo, a joint mission by ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, will make its sixth flyby of Mercury in January 2025. This maneuver will help the spacecraft enter orbit ...

In this photo provided by JAXA, its crew members set up antenna in the preparation for the operation for the capsule collection in Woomera, South Australia in November, 2020. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The Japan space agency, more commonly known as Jaxa, will use Hayabusa2 to test for new ...

“We feel so relieved to be able to announce the good results," JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa told a news conference. The H-3's main missions are to secure independent access to space and be ...

Teshima presented the Oralpeace concept to a JAXA campaign that solicited possible solutions for issues related to visits to outer space. Water is so rare outside Earth that astronauts must ...

The new arrivals—NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency ...

The asteroid probe Hayabusa2, sent by the Japanese space agency JAXA, made two attempts to collect material from the surface of the space rock Ryugu. As the now-returned samples reveal ...