The science and technology ministry is drafting a policy in which the private sector will participate in the building and ...

Space development is shifting from being state-led to being led by the private sector. Japanese companies should not miss out ...

Science Direct also explained that Spacecraft docking has significant applications, such as ferrying supplies to manned space stations, refuelling space vehicles, and recovering daughter ...

stacked the rocket for the mission, the final Saturn rocket assembled for flight. In the nearby Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB), the Apollo prime crew of Commander Thomas Stafford, ...

This simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Oct. 30, 2024 shows the Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe.

Mercury’s stark landscape received another visitor on January 8, 2025. The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft, on its sixth flyby of the planet, swept just a few hundred miles above the north pole, ...

Now, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) are shedding new light on Mercury with the BepiColombo mission. The spacecraft executed its sixth and final gravity-assist ...

which will separate from the mission's dual probes during the final approach. That will leave the ESA's Planetary Orbiter and JAXA’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter to study the world in detail.

Japan has launched LignoSat, the world’s first wooden satellite, into orbit, marking a step toward sustainable space technology. Developed by JAXA, the satellite is crafted from honoki magnolia ...

BepiColombo is a joint mission by the ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Scientists built the spacecraft in the UK, and it launched in October 2018. This flyby marked the final ...

BepiColombo, the current spacecraft studying Mercury, is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Launched October 20, 2018, it’s actually two ...

On January 8, 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its sixth flyby of Mercury, flying just 295 km above the planet’s surface. This marks the last gravity assist needed to steer the ...