Japan just landed a shuttle on an asteroid
It's a remarkable achievement.
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NASA wants the future of spaceflight to be commercial — including the ISS
Could this be the key to ensuring that the ISS lives long and prosper?
Japanese probe blasts the first artificial crater on an asteroid
The blast might help scientists answer fundamental questions about the solar system's formation.
Japanese rovers beam back more awesome pictures from asteroid’s surface
You can see how the sun moves across the asteroid's horizon.
History in the making: Japan lands two rovers on asteroid
This could give insights on the birth of the Earth, and even the solar system.
Researchers believe they’ve found a great place for a moonbase — thanks to a volcano
Building a moonbase in a lava tube. Doesn't that sound awesome?
JAXA’s mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether
Cleaning up is hard.
Japan wants to land a rover on the Moon by 2018
Good news for space exploration: Japan’s space agency JAXA revealed plans to land a rover on the Moon by 2018, joining ...
Japanese spaceship loaded with ISS trash burns after entering Earth atmoshpere
Yesterday, Japan's unmanned space freighter Kounotori 2, of the H-2 Transfer Vehicle class, intentionally entered Earth's atmosphere where it crashed ...
Japan wants rockets with artificial intelligence
The Japanese seem to have not lost one inch of the determination to push science forward after the major earthquake, ...
Japanese probe returns home with asteroid dust
JAXA, the Japanese space agency is becoming more and more active these days, as Japanese researchers are getting involved in ...
Japan plans a Moon base by 2020, built by the robots, for the robots
While America seems to have delayed it's Moon base ambitions, Japan seems to have no such plans; according to their ...
