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JAXA selects 2 new astronaut candidates for future flights to the moon
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJapan has selected its first new astronaut candidates in more than 13 years. Makoto Suwa and Ayu...
Japan’s space agency is about to launch a lunar lander and revolutionary satellite
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic...
Japan lunar landing: ‘Moon sniper’ mission reaches surface but appears to have failed, space agency...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJapan is in contact with its newly arrived Moon lander, but it appears to be having technical...
Japan is close to becoming the 3rd nation to land on the moon in the 21st century. The US isn't one...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn illustration of JAXA's SLIM spacecraft on the moon.JAXA Japan is weeks from attempting to land...
Japan’s space agency braces for ‘20 minutes of terror’ with moon landing attempt
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJapan hopes to land its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on Friday, which would make...
Japan's new H3 rocket fails on 1st test flight, advanced Earth observation satellite lost
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoa orange rocket lifts off during day time as a huge cloud of smoke forms beneath it Japan's...
SLIM lives! Japan's upside-down lander is online after a brutal lunar night
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSLIM is defying the odds yet again after a two-week lunar night. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
Japan's SLIM spacecraft, a 'moon sniper,' to join lunar landing rush with Aug. 26 launch
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will send the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon,...
Japan's SLIM moon responds after outlasting 'lunar night'
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJapan's Aerospace Exploration Agency said very early Monday they have regained communication with...
NASA joins Japan's mission to collect the 1st samples of Mars moon Phobos
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed a deal on April 17 to cooperate on a mission...