by David Todd | Aug 15, 2014 | ESA, exploration, JAXA, NASA, Russia
After its Space Launch System (SLS) design passed its technical and budget reviews, NASA has now formally committed itself to building this giant rocket. And it may be just in time now that a “Cold War” has apparently been “refrozen” and a new “Space Race”...
by David Todd | Jul 25, 2014 | commercial launch services, ESA, JAXA, NASA, Technology
Sierra Nevada Corp has signed memorandum of cooperative understanding with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) work on potential applications of Japanese technologies and the development of mission concepts for the Dream Chaser spacecraft. Additionally,...
by David Todd | May 27, 2014 | JAXA, Satellites, Science
The Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully launched its ALOS-2 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) which is also known as DAICHI-2. The launch of the Earth resources and disaster monitoring spacecraft took place from the Tanegashima launch...
by David Todd | May 19, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, JAXA, space station, SpaceX
Having been loaded and having had its hatch closed the day before, the SpaceX Dragon CRS 3 cargo spacecraft was un-berthed by the Space Station robot arm Canadarm-2 at 1200 GMT on 18 May 2014 and fully released the same day at 1326 GMT. The craft made a deorbit burn...
by David Todd | May 16, 2014 | commercial launch services, JAXA, Satellites
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Corp (MHI) has received a launch order from the Japanese satellite operation Sky Perfect JSAT to launch an unspecified satellite on a H-2A launch vehicle. The launch will take place from the Tanegashima launch site in Japan in 2016....
by David Todd | May 16, 2014 | Add category, commercial launch services, JAXA, On a Lighter Note, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
It used to be that whenever there was a space insurance conference being held, there always seemed to be a major launch or in-orbit failure at the same time or very soon after. That trend seems to be carrying on, for just hours after the delegates at the World Space...
