Topic: Japan
Scientists say Japan probe may have collected first samples from asteroidJapanese scientists say they have detected tiny particles collected by the first spacecraft to return to Earth after landing on asteroid. But it could take months to determine if the dust came ...
There is no room for romance on board the cosy confines of the International Space Station, a NASA space shuttle commander said Monday when asked what would happen if astronauts had sex in space. "We are a group of professionals," said Space ...
A capsule that scientists hope will contain a little slice of outer space after a seven-year journey across the solar system was being recovered Monday from the Australian Outback, officials said. The pod, which was ejected from a Japanese space probe as ...
A Japanese rocket blasted off early Friday and successfully launched a Venus probe and a kite-shaped "space yacht" designed to float through the cosmos using only the power of the sun. The launch vehicle, the H-IIA rocket, took off from the Tanegashima ...
Japan launches satellite for 2-year study of Venus climateJapan launched a new spacecraft Friday on a two-year mission to study the planet Venus and its climate. A rocket carrying the Venus climate orbiter called "Akatsuki" blasted off from a Japanese space center ...
A Japanese rocket blasted off early Friday carrying a Venus probe and a kite-shaped "space yacht" designed to float through the cosmos using only the power of the sun. The launch vehicle, the H-IIA rocket, took off from the Tanegashima space centre ...
Japan on Tuesday postponed the launch of a rocket due to deploy a Venus probe and an experimental "space yacht" propelled by solar particles, because of bad weather at the launch site. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided on the delay ...
Japan on Tuesday postponed the launch of a rocket due to deploy an experimental "space yacht" propelled by solar particles because of bad weather at the launch site, officials said. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided on the delay six minutes ...
Japan is to launch a "space yacht" propelled by solar particles that bounce off its kite-shaped sails, the country's space agency said Tuesday. A rocket carrying the Ikaros -- an acronym for Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun -- will ...
Japan is to launch a "space yacht" propelled by solar particles that bounce off its kite-shaped sails, the country's space agency said Tuesday. A rocket carrying the Ikaros -- an acronym for Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun -- will ...
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