Japan's space agency plans to use satellite images to quickly evaluate damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters.

In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now operating a wood satellite in orbit, made of hinoki magnolia wood ...

In a thrilling close approach, the BepiColombo mission captured its final, stunning images of Mercury before its orbit ...

In a pioneering space mission, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched LignoSat, a satellite constructed ...

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo mission has made another flyby of Mercury, capturing fascinating images of this lesser-studied inner planet. On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

The BepiColombo mission successfully completed its sixth flyby of the innermost planet, moving closer to its final goal of ...

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." ...

Kawasaki might be better known for its dirt bikes, but it actually has a hand in some of the most sophisticated aeronautical ...

Japan's space agency plans to partner with private firms to enable various orbiting satellites to conduct emergency ...