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Detecting a cave about 50km deep on the Moon
Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Research and Development Agency (JAXA) discovered a vast cave on the Moon.
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The BepiColombo ship and journey to the most mysterious planet of the solar system
BepiColombo will be the first mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to this planet closest to the Sun.
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Japan set a net to clean up the unsuccessful space garbage
According to The Guardian, Japan 's Earth - Orb garbage - removal test on February 6 ended in failure, a specially designed Japanese magnetic grid to remove space junk c…
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Japan has a net to clean up garbage
Japan successfully launched a cargo ship carrying a wire-shaped wire capable of changing the trajectory of debris in space.
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Japan 's 273 million dollar black hole satellite is missing
Japanese cosmologists are searching for traces of Hitomi, a $ 250 million satellite, launched into orbit to study black holes.
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Video: Japan launches a satellite to study black holes
ASTRO-H satellites equipped with four X-ray telescopes and two gamma ray detectors were successfully launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, sout…
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Observe the black hole with the naked eye
The only device to observe an active black hole near the Earth is a 20cm diameter telescope.
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The Hayabusa 2 probe is on its way to reach the JU3 Ryugu meteorite
The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has just confirmed that the probe Hayabusa 2 is on its way to reach meteorite 1999 JU3 (Ryugu) after successfully executing a s…
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Kounotori 5 Japanese transport ship leaves ISS to return to Earth
On September 29, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that the country's Kounotori 5 unmanned transport vessel for resupply had left the international spa…
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The moment Japan launched the Kounotori-5 spacecraft to ISS
This is considered a big step in Japan's contributions to the ISS research project.
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Japan plans to launch unmanned ships to the Moon
The Japan Aviation Research and Development Agency (JAXA) has announced plans to launch unmanned spacecraft to the Moon in 2018.
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Japan successfully launched meteorite probes
On December 3, Japan Air Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Hayabusa 2 meteorite exploration spacecraft.
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Reveal Rosetta's opponent
Japanese space scientists have announced the rival of Rosetta: the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft will chase the asteroid and land on the target, take samples and return to Earth.
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Japan is about to launch a global disaster observation satellite
Japan is scheduled to launch a satellite observing the Earth on May 24, to use it to investigate the damage caused by natural disasters and changes affecting tropical ra…
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Japan successfully launched Daichi-2 satellite
On May 24, Japan successfully launched the advanced ground-observation satellite Daichi-2 into orbit.