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Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the first wooden satellite has been deployed from the Space Station.

Astronauts Release Wooden Satellite From Space Station

By Frank Landymore

Bad news, folks: those samples from the asteroid Ryugu appear to have been contaminated by life here on Earth.

Signs of Life in Asteroid Sample Turn Out to Be Something Embarrassing

By Victor Tangermann

One of the aperture doors covering one of the XRISM space telescope's particle-detecting instrument called Resolve has remained jammed.

Door Is Jammed on Expensive Space Telescope, Blocking Its View of Space

By Victor Tangermann

Akatsuki, JAXA's Venus probe and the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, suddenly fell out of contact in late April.

Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

By Frank Landymore

Japan's SLIM Moon lander has sent back yet another image three months after it landed upside down on the lunar surface.

Japan’s Moon Lander Keeps Waking Up After It Was Supposed to Die

By Victor Tangermann

In the wake of NASA's failed private Moon lander debacle, Japan's version is, somehow, still alive and kicking.

Against All Odds, Japan’s Toppled Moon Lander Is Still Alive

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japan's Moon lander has officially been resurrected after landing at an awkward angle on the lunar surface earlier this month.

Japanese Moon Lander Springs Back to Life

By Victor Tangermann

In an extremely unfortunate twist of fate, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has landed on its nose.

Photo Shows Japanese Moon Lander Is Upside Down on Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Japan's Moon lander had to be shut down just three hours after touching down. There's still a small chance it can recharge its batteries.

Japan Trying to Bring Dead Moon Lander Back to Life

By Victor Tangermann

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s SLIM lunar lander successfully touched down but its solar panels aren't charging.

Japanese Moon Lander Dying After Touching Down on Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Japan is sending a tennis ball-shaped rover, which was inspired by children's toys, to the Moon.

Japanese Moon Mission Carrying Weird Rolling Robot

By Victor Tangermann

Japan has, for the first time in its history, succesfully launched a mission to the Moon — and it's unlike any other we've seen before.

Japan Launches Mission to the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency's flagship H3 rocket lifted off from the pad well enough, but could not kick in its second stage engine.

Japan’s Newest Rocket Self Destructs During Launch

By Frank Landymore

The OMOTENASHI (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor), a JAXA CubeSat that launched with Artemis I, has failed.

Lunar Lander Released by NASA’s Artemis 1 Mission Dies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Japanese scientists have analyzed asteroid dust collected the by the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found "clues to the origin of life on Earth

Japanese Scientists: This Asteroid’s Samples Contain “Clues to the Origin of Life”

By Victor Tangermann

Japan's space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a "rotary detonation engine" in space, a world's first.

Japan Tests Exploding Rocket Engine for the First Time in Space

By Victor Tangermann