by David Todd | Jan 28, 2013 | JAXA
A Japanese H2A202 rocket successfullly launched two satellites for the Japanese Defence Agency from the Tanegashima launch site at 0440 on 27 January. The main payload on the launch was the IGS-4D radar carrying spacecraft which was built for...
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2012 | International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Seradata News
Japan’s unmanned freighter spacecraft, HTV-3, was successfully detached from the International Space Station as planned on 12 September at 1550 GMT . However, shortly after detaching and gently moving away, the craft made an unexpected emergency retreat from...
by David Todd | Aug 22, 2012 | Apollo, China, Constellation, exploration, JAXA, NASA, Seradata News, SLS, Technology
Two years ago, the space team at the Ascend consultancy (now part of Flightglobal) did an analysis on which nation was likely to be the first to return men to the moon. In the analysis notional odds were assigned to each which country as a measure of our estimation...
by David Todd | Jul 24, 2012 | International Space Station, JAXA, space station
The Japanese cargo craft HTV-3, which is to be docked with the International Space Station, was successfully launched at 0206 GMT on 21 July from the Tanegashima launch site in Japan. The JAXA-opearted spacecraft was launched by an H-2B launch...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 12, 2009 | exploration, International Space Station, JAXA
Has the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency given the game away with this diagram from an International Astronautical Congress 2009 JAXA International Space Station plans presentation? Is that a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy with Orion I see before me and...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 11, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, COTS, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Orion, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Space tourism, Technology, Virgin Galactic
So Hyperbola has finally touched down in Daejeon in south Korea, after a scorching reentry from the Oort cloud, or was that just the effect of the Korean spicy Kimchi pickle and the even more spicy red pepper paste, Kochu Chang, they put on most of their food? Either...
