Tag: JAXA
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CRS-5: Dextre grabs CATS from the belly of a Dragon
Canada’s multi-tasking robot, Dextre, successfully removed the CATS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System) payload from the unpressurised trunk of the CRS-5/SpX-5 Dragon on Thursday morning. The payload was handed over to the Japanese Experiment Module, Kibo, marking the first “handover” between the Canadian robot and the JAXA arm. Dextre letting the CATS out of the bag: The latest…
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NASA, JAXA reach asteroid sample-sharing agreement
Artist’s concept of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Scientists from the United States and Japan plan to share asteroid specimens from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa 2 sample return missions under an agreement signed by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The missions will explore…
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Japanese H-IIA kicks off Hayabusa 2’s asteroid mission
Japan has successfully launched the second sample return mission to an asteroid, with a JAXA H-IIA rocket carrying the Hayabusa 2 probe into orbit on the first leg of its journey to the asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3. Launch occurred on schedule at 04:22 UTC on Wednesday from Pad 1 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at JAXA’s…
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Japan set to launch asteroid sample return mission
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is mated to the top of an H-2A launcher at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Credit: JAXA Japan is readying an H-2A rocket for liftoff Tuesday to kick off an audacious six-year roundtrip journey a carbon-rich asteroid, drop a fleet of landers to its surface, collect primordial rock samples, and…
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Japanese HII-A successfully launches ALOS-2 mission
Japan conducted its second launch of the year on Saturday, with an H-IIA rocket orbiting the second Advanced Land Observation Satellite, Daichi-2 – better known as ALOS-2. Liftoff from the iconic Tanegashima Space Centre was on schedule at 12:05 local time (03:05 UTC). HII-A Mission: Daichi-2 (ALOS-2) is a radar imaging spacecraft which will be…
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Japan’s HTV-4 successfully berths with the ISS
The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) automated resupply spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) following its launch into space from the Tanegashima space center in Japan on August 3. HTV-4’s capture was at 7:22 AM EDT, ahead of berthing at 11:38 AM EDT, which marked a large delivery of critical supplies and…
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HTV-3 arrives to make large delivery of supplies and research cargo to ISS
The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-3 (HTV-3) automated resupply spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) following its launch into space from the Tanegashima space center in Japan last Friday (July 21). HTV-3’s capture was at 8:23 AM EDT, ahead of berthing at 10:34 AM EDT, which marked a large delivery of critical supplies…
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Japanese H-IIB launches HTV-3 to the International Space Station
The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) have launched their H-IIB F3 carrier rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Lift off was on schedule at 2:06am UTC, starting a week long flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for HTV-3 (KOUNOTORI3), delivering thousands of pounds of internal and external cargo to the Orbital Outpost.…
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JAXA H-2A launches SHIZUKU and Arirang 3 from Tanegashima
The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) launched their H-2A rocket on Thursday, carrying Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water “SHIZUKU” (GCOM-W1) and the Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 “Arirang-3” (KOMPSAT-3), along with two additional small satellite passengers. Launch occurred at 4:39pm GMT from the Tanegashima Space Center. Japanese Launch: The launch vehicle (F-21) used on Thursday was the 202…
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JAXA to build on the past success for future exploration goals
As NASA continues to struggle with gaining a clear direction for the future of human space exploration, the U.S. space agency’s international counterparts are wasting no time setting exploration goals for themselves. Specifically, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is aiming to capitalize off past success to enable further human and robotic exploration of the…