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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 宇宙航空研究開発機構 Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō Agency overview Abbreviation JAXA (ジャクサ) Formed 1 October 2003 ; 21 years ago (2003-10-01) Preceding agencies NASDA ISAS NAL Type Space agency Jurisdiction Government of Japan Headquarters Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan Motto One JAXA Administrator Hiroshi Yamakawa [ja] Primary spaceport ...
After experiencing numerous failures in the 1990s and 2000s, ISAS and NASDA merged — along with the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) — to form the unified Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2003. In recent years, Japanese space policy has been shaped by the US-Japan alliance and intensifying great power competition. [1]
They span the spectrum from old organizations with small budgets to mature national or regional enterprises such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, the European Space Agency (ESA) which coordinates for more than 20 constituent countries, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Roscosmos ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening.
The JAXA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and Russian space missions. As of October 2024 [update] , the corps has seven active members.
The Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) also known by its radio callsign Tsukuba, is the operations facility and headquarters for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) located in Tsukuba Science City in Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility opened in 1972 and serves as the primary location for Japan's space operations and research programs.
The specially designed items, which will accompany astronaut Kimiya Yui to the International Space Station, are going on sale to the public later this year. ‘Cosmology’: The Japanese skincare ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) did not know exactly why the solar panels were failing. It may be a result of the solar panels themselves failing but it might also be a result of the ...