Japanese researchers have identified sodium carbonates, or salt crystals, in samples from the Ryugu asteroid brought back to ...

But their satellite has not yet been sent to space. The Japanese project wasn’t without its challenges, either. Wood’s tendency to shrink and deform unevenly when it loses moisture required ...

On Tuesday, a second-stage engine designed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) new Epsilon S rocket exploded ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was forced to abort an engine test for its Epsilon S rocket today, after a fire ...

Engineers at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center in the southwest of the country were testing the engine for a flagship rocket, ...

The Epsilon S rocket was supposed to launch early next year, but the recent blast will likely delay its debut by several ...

Japan's space agency is monitoring a fire that broke out during an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket under ...

A high school astronomy club in central Japan fulfilled its desire to ... Yamada Masahiro, whose nickname is Space Masa, leads the project. "We do a lot of stargazing, looking at stars from ...

They include a 95-billion-yen project to create a communication ... now shoulders the heavy responsibility of making Japan a star in space business. The onus is on JAXA to achieve operating ...

Japan's space agency announced on Thursday it is making ... "By simulating the space environment in a digital format, the project will create a virtual testing ground where space-related business ...

Japan's Space Agency Halts Epsilon S Rocket Engine Test After Explosion By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it ...