Japan's space agency successfully launched its most powerful H3 rocket, carrying a newly developed unmanned cargo spacecraft ...

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will launch on its first-ever mission to the International Space Station today (Oct. 25), ...

Japan successfully launched its next-generation HTV-X cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station aboard from ...

Japanese scientists have launched the world’s first experiment to ferment sake in space, aiming to determine whether ...

In his post, Duffy described the launch as “a milestone to advance @POTUS’ vision,” even though the mission was a wholly ...

ESA is broadening its international cooperation with Asian partners, signing an MoU with South Korea and advancing an asteroid mission with Japan.

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to not only land on and launch from an asteroid (Itokawa), but successfully ...

Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission to asteroid 1998 KY26 might have unexpected challenges following new data on the rock's size, spin, and structure. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser / T. Santana-Ros et al. / ...

TOKYO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 rocket as a launch vehicle, a Japanese space agency ...

They're not serving sushi on the Moon – yet – but if or when they do, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and DASSAI want sake on the ...

TOKYO >> A new certification aims to promote the development of sophisticated space food needed for long-term stays in space. Amid big dreams of space travel, an academic society has created an ...

The new freighter can carry a larger payload and provide power in flight, allowing transport of cells and other laboratory samples that require low-temperature storage ...