Japan’s national space agency – the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – was established in 2003, but the history of Japan’s space programs dates all the way back to early developments in ...

A cargo ship from Japan pulled alongside the International Space Station on Wednesday, maneuvering close enough for the lab’s robotic arm to reach out and grab it as the vehicles soared 260 miles over ...

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Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has suffered a fresh setback, with an engine failure in its upper stage cutting short a high‑stakes mission and leaving a navigation satellite stranded short of orbit. The ...

Japan's new HTV-X cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS) is an unmanned spaceship with the potential for improving transportation capability and operability, which can be utilized ...

The Japanese HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft attached to the Earth-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module with the Canadarm2 robotic arm in the foreground. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—The ...

The rapid advancement of space technology has led to a growing range of applications, including satellites and launch vehicles, attracting significant cross-sector investment worldwide. As space ...

The renewed interest in the moon can arguably be traced back to the 2009 discovery of water ice on the lunar surface. Much of the narrative in the intervening decade and a half has been set to a ...