Tag: JAXA
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Japanese weather observatory successfully boosted into orbit
A nearly four-ton satellite fitted with a modernized camera to collect more timely images of typhoons and severe weather bolted away from a seaside launch pad in southern Japan on Wednesday, riding an H-2A rocket on the way to an orbital perch more than 22,000 miles above Earth. The Himawari 9 satellite, built by Mitsubishi…
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H-2A rocket rolls to launch pad with Japanese weather satellite
The H-2A rocket set to launch with the Himawari 9 weather satellite rolled out to its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tuesday. Credit: MHI A sophisticated new Japanese weather satellite will ride an H-2A rocket into orbit Wednesday to start a 15-year mission tracking cyclones and helping meteorologists predict storm movements across…
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Live coverage: H-2A rocket blasts off with latest Japanese weather satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H-2A rocket with the Himawari 9 weather satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Key events during the H-2A rocket launch with Himawari 9
Japan’s Himawari 9 weather satellite will ride into space atop an H-2A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center and reach a preliminary geostationary transfer orbit within 28 minutes of liftoff. The 7,700-pound (3,500-kilogram) satellite will blast off from Launch Pad No. 1 at the Yoshinobu launch complex at Tanegashina Space Center, a picturesque spaceport carved on…
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Photos: Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan with U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew
An on-target touchdown in Kazakhstan punctuated a 115-day space mission for Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins this weekend. The trio landed southeast of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, inside their Soyuz MS-01 landing craft at 0358 GMT Sunday (11:58 p.m. EDT Saturday) after speeding through the atmosphere for a fiery…
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International space crew wraps up nearly four months in orbit
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft touches down cushioned by “soft landing” rockets at 0358 GMT (11:58 p.m. EDT). Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A veteran Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese flight engineer and a NASA scientist-astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Saturday, landing on the steppe of…
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Live coverage: Space station crew home after 115-day mission
Live coverage of the Expedition 49 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Station crew preps for Saturday return to Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi (left to right) are scheduled to return to Earth Saturday. Credit: NASA In a rapid-fire crew rotation, a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are packing up for the trip back to Earth Saturday, leaving the International Space Station just eight…
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Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission slated for Sept. 30 launch
Two of the six lithium-ion batteries set for launch on Japan’s sixth HTV cargo mission are seen in a clean room at the Tanegashima Space Center. The HTV’s exposed pallet in the background already holds four of the batteries in this image taken in June. Credit: JAXA Japan’s space agency has set Sept. 30 as…
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Photos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbit
A veteran Russian cosmonaut and two spaceflight rookies rocketed into orbit from a Kazakh launch base Wednesday on the first flight of a new-generation Soyuz capsule, kicking off a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The three-person crew, led by Russian commander Anatoly Ivanishin, left Earth on a nearly four-month expedition with a thundering…