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Japan’s Kounotori 3 Berths With International Space Station

Japan’s Kounotori 3 Berths With International Space Station

Early on Saturday morning, JAXA’s unmanned cargo spacecraft, Kounotori 3, berthed at the International Space Station.

July 30, 2012
JAXA Scientists Analyze Asteroid Rocks From Hayabusa Probe

JAXA Scientists Analyze Asteroid Rocks From Hayabusa Probe

Scientists have completed their initial analysis of asteroid samples from JAXA’s HAYABUSA-1 mission, which returned to earth in 2010 after seven years in space.

July 23, 2012
Japan SELENE-2 Lunar Mission Planned For 2017

Japan SELENE-2 Lunar Mission Planned For 2017

On the eve of the 43rd anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 launch which is on July 16, Japan announced on Sunday that it was planning a manned moon mission.

July 16, 2012
May 2012 Solar Eclipse To Cast ‘Ring Of Fire’ Around The Sun

May 2012 Solar Eclipse To Cast ‘Ring Of Fire’ Around The Sun

Early Monday morning in Asia, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of Earth into fat crescents and thin rings of light.

May 21, 2012
One Year After The Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011)

One Year After The Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011)

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Tohoku in Japan. One year later, Japan rebuilds its towns, schools, fisheries, and… hearts.

March 9, 2012
Indian Teen Wins YouTube Space Lab Science Competition For APAC Region

Indian Teen Wins YouTube Space Lab Science Competition For APAC Region

India’s Sachin Kukke has been selected as the Asia-Pacific regional winner of the YouTube Space Lab science competition, said the U.S.-based company on Wednesday.

February 23, 2012
JAXA, NASA Detect Supermassive Black Hole Destroying Star In Different Galaxy

JAXA, NASA Detect Supermassive Black Hole Destroying Star In Different Galaxy

Two international teams have published separate letters in Nature on their breaking discovery of a supermassive black hole swallowing a star in a galaxy 3.9 billion light years away.

August 27, 2011