The Japanese space agency JAXA is studying use of inflatable aeroshells to enable landings of small Mars rovers. Credit: ISAS/JAXA WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing ...

However, that mission used nets and other means to collect simulated debris – objects it released itself – instead of actual ...

JAXA and Toyota's concept for the Lunar Cruiser as first proposed in 2019 served as the model for the Transformers toy. (Image credit: Toyota) ...

GITAI, a U.S.-headquartered space robotics company, announced that its Japanese subsidiary, GITAI Japan Inc., has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to ...

A 30-year-old NASA-JAXA mission has come to an end with the closing of operations on the Geotail satellite. Skip to main content. ... An artist’s concept of the Geotail spacecraft.

JAXA WAT model at Japan Aerospace 2024. Credit: Chen Chuanren TOKYO—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is looking at a Wake Adaptive Thruster (WAT) concept to reduce aviation carbon ...

The JAXA MMX mission concept to study Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ moons. While Earth’s Moon has many visitors–big and small, robotic and crewed–planned for 2024, Mars’ moons Phobos and ...

For JAXA, Japan’s space agency which currently operates a variety of robotic ... An artist’s concept of the Japanese space agency’s SLIM spacecraft landing on the moon and deploying one of ...

JAXA will study the technical feasibility of an on-orbit refueling system, examine ground test equipment for fuel transfer evaluation, and provide technical knowledge and advice based on the studies.

Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just signed a $90 million contract to take a bus-sized rocket stage out of orbit by the end of the decade.

A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small rover and several experiments intended to demonstrate how future missions ...