Explore the story of JAXA, Japan's space agency! From early reliance on American designs to countless scientific missions to the moon, asteroids, and earth. Discover why JAXA is the space underdog.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission with agency astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

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JAXA has previously succeeded in placing a probe on an asteroid. But the agency says putting a craft on the moon is much more difficult, as "the dynamics are completely different since the gravity ...

SpaceX Astronaut Crew-10 return mission from the International Space Station splashdown is targeted at 11:58 a.m., Friday, August 8 ...

SpaceX is back one day after a weather-related scrub to send the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. A Falcon ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was formed in 2003 after the merger of three government space organizations into one. JAXA is responsible for all civilian space activities in Japan ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is launched an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Wednesday evening.

JAXA officials are investigating what went wrong. Kenneth Chang has been at The Times since 2000, writing about physics, geology, chemistry, and the planets.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a new game called Lunarcraft to play in Minecraft that employs actual satellite data to create realistic moon landscapes. In 2007, a ...

However, after JAXA's new medium-lift H3 rocket failed on its debut in March, the agency postponed the launch of H-IIA No. 47 for several months to investigate the cause.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will delay the maiden launch of its heavy-lift H3 rocket to Feb. 17 from Feb. 15 due to weather conditions, the space agency said on Tuesday.