Tag: JAXA

  • H-2B rocket launch sends supply shipment to space station

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    A cache of critical cargo stowed inside a solar-powered Japanese resupply freighter is speeding toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a successful launch Wednesday. Among the supplies inside Japan’s fifth H-2 Transfer Vehicle are spare parts for the space station’s water filtration system, spacesuit components and medical gear to replace items lost…

  • Japanese rocket ready to launch supplies to space station

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    Japan’s H-2B rocket rolled out to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center on Wednesday for final countdown preparations. Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries A Japanese HTV cargo craft is being prepped for liftoff Wednesday with a much-needed shipment of provisions for the International Space Station’s six-person crew after a spate of failures strained the…

  • Stormy forecast prompts delay for Japanese resupply mission

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    Japanese technicians prepare the fifth H-2 Transfer Vehicle for launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Credit: JAXA The launch of a Japanese cargo ship with more than 4.5 tons of supplies bound for the International Space Station has been rescheduled for Wednesday due to a poor weather forecast at the mission’s island launch…

  • Japanese scientists abandon plan for asteroid flyby

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    Artist’s concept of the Procyon spacecraft. Credit: JAXA An experimental suitcase-sized space probe launched as a secondary payload with Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission in December will miss an encounter with an asteroid early next year, according to Japanese scientists. The Procyon spacecraft blasted off Dec. 3, 2014, with the Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission,…

  • H-2A rocket achieves fourth launch in six months

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    A new surveillance satellite equipped with a high-resolution optical camera blasted into space aboard a Japanese H-2A rocket Thursday, joining a fleet of spy stations in orbit to track military activity in North Korea and other locations around the world. Owned and operated by the Japanese government, the reconnaissance spacecraft lifted off at 0121 GMT…

  • Surveillance satellite on track for blastoff from Japan

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    File photo of a Japanese H-2A rocket during rollout to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA A Japanese H-2A rocket is set for launch Thursday with a high-resolution imaging satellite to record views of strategic sites for the country’s intelligence agencies. The two-stage hydrogen-fueled rocket has a 13-minute window to blast…

  • Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission checks out

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    Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Three months into an interplanetary cruise expected to last three-and-a-half years, Japan’s $300 million Hayabusa 2 mission is in good health as it begins an ion-powered pursuit of an asteroid to return a piece of it to Earth. The robotic spacecraft is already traveling more…

  • Japanese craft to get second chance after missing Venus in 2010

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    Artist’s concept of the Akatsuki spacecraft at Venus. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita Five years after a balky valve kept it from entering orbit around Venus, Japan’s Akatsuki space probe is again approaching the sweltering planet for another shot at completing its science mission in December, officials said Friday. The robotic spacecraft has spiraled around the inner…

  • H-2A rocket boosts Japanese radar spy satellite into orbit

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    射点に向けて固定しているカメラが多いので、飛行中はあまり撮ってないのですが、少ない中から１枚。 pic.twitter.com/snjo2anBtv — 柴田孔明 (@koumeiShibata) February 1, 2015 Japan launched a new satellite Sunday to reinforce the country’s fleet of orbiting spy platforms charged with monitoring its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific. The spacecraft carries a sophisticated radar payload designed to survey the globe night and day — and in all weather conditions — from an…

  • Japanese rocket launch postponed by poor weather

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    File photo of an H-2A rocket rolling to the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center. Credit: JAXA A threat of thick clouds kept a Japanese H-2A rocket from launching Thursday with a government-owned radar reconnaissance satellite. Japanese officials did not set a new target launch date, and said the liftoff would be rescheduled based…