Japan’s First Space Launch of 2025 Sends Michibiki 6 Navigation Satellite into Orbit
Japan successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite aboard an H3 rocket, further advancing its QZSS network.
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Space Systems Command, Japan Launch 1st Bilateral Space Effort
The Space Systems Command said Tuesday Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6, or QZS-6, carried a U.S. space domain awareness ...
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster remembered 39 years later
The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The crewed shuttle mission for ...
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Retro Spaceplane aces test for space station cargo missions
A retro-futuristic spacecraft with a mixture of the old and new has passed a major milestone as it's readied for its debut ...
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Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle
Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space ... missions included ferrying the Dextre robotics system, Japanese Kibo Logistics Module and Tranquility node into space ...
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Japan's ispace, US's Firefly launch commercial moon landers
It will take an energy-efficient path relying heavily on the Earth and moon's gravity in a winding series of flybys to steer its trajectory, similar to the Japanese space agency's SLIM which ...
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The most memorable space shuttle missions
The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program. NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies during ...