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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced it is sending a tiny transforming rover to the Moon some time next year to collect data on lunar dust.

Japan Is Sending a Robot to the Moon and It’s a Transformer

By Victor Tangermann

Watch an Astronaut Play Piano on the ISS as the Earth Drifts in the Background

International Space Station

Watch an Astronaut Play Piano on the ISS as the Earth Drifts in the Background

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at Japan's space agency were left speechless upon opening asteroid samples collected by spacecraft Hayabusa-2.

Scientist Left “Speechless” After Opening Asteroid Samples

By Victor Tangermann

After spending more than a year studying Ryugu, an asteroid some 180 million miles away, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has returned to drop off some samples.

Japanese Spacecraft Returns Asteroid Samples to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

BepiColombo, the European-Japanese spacecraft headed to Mercury, snapped some incredible selfies while making a close flyby past Venus.

Science & Energy

Spacecraft Shoots Epic Selfies With Venus in the Background

By Victor Tangermann

Japan Outlines Plan to Power Spacecraft With Moon Ice

Japan Outlines Plan to Power Spacecraft With Moon Ice

By Victor Tangermann

Japan's space agency has announced it's planning to film Mars's mysterious moons with cameras that can shoot in 8K ultra-high-definition.

Japanese Spacecraft Will Shoot Martian Moons in 8K Resolution

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have discovered that a gigantic wall of clouds is traveling around the surface of Venus every 4.9 days and has been doing so for decades.

Science & Energy

A Poisonous Tsunami Is Screaming Across the Surface of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

The first lunar settlers might live in the space version of an RV, which is currently being developed by JAXA, NASA, and Toyota.

NASA Spokesperson Says Agency Is Working on an “RV for the Moon”

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese space agency JAXA announced today it has greenlit a sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos called the Martian Moons Exploration mission.

Science & Energy

Japan Gives the ‘Go’ to Sample Return Mission to Mars Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine proposed to send Japanese astronauts to the Moon in the late 2020s as part of a joint plan with the US.

NASA Proposed Sending Japanese Astronauts to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The launch pad for a Japanese rocket inexplicably caught fire, forcing the nation to abort an International Space Station supply mission.

Japanese Rocket’s Launch Pad Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames

By Kristin Houser

Watch footage of Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 return to the site of where it bombed asteroid Ruyugu in order to scoop up rock samples.

Watch a Japanese Spacecraft Grab Rock Samples From Tiny Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a video of the asteroid bombing mission recently undertaken by its Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

Science & Energy

Japan Releases Video of Its Spacecraft Bombing an Asteroid

By Kristin Houser

The bombing isn't an act of space vandalism. The goal is to blow a 10-meter crater in asteroid in order to see what it looks like on the inside.

Science & Energy

Japan Lobs Bomb to Blow Hole in Asteroid… For Science

By Jon Christian

Japan's space agency is partnering with Toyota to build a six-wheeled, self-driving vehicle to explore the surface of the Moon as soon as 2029.

Advanced Transport

See the Moon Rover Toyota Is Building for Japan’s Space Program

By Victor Tangermann

JAXA releases a video of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landing on tiny asteroid Ryugu and shooting it with a bullet.

New Video Shows Japanese Probe Shooting Asteroid With Bullet

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 just touched down on the surface of Ryugu for the third time to collect samples after firing a bullet at its surface.

Japan Just Landed a Robot Spacecraft on an Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

A team at Japanese space agency JAXA is preparing to shoot a metallic bullet at the surface of Ryugu, a tiny 1km asteroid.

A Japanese Spacecraft Is About to Shoot an Asteroid With a Bullet

By Victor Tangermann

Here Are the First Photos Japan’s Robot Landers Sent Back From an Asteroid

Here Are the First Photos Japan’s Robot Landers Sent Back From an Asteroid

By Kristin Houser

Japan's space agency just deployed two asteroid-exploring robots from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft, and they could teach us about the solar system's past.

A Pair of Japanese Robots (Hopefully) Just Landed on an Asteroid

By Kristin Houser

Japan Has Launched the Smallest Rocket Ever to Put a Satellite Into Orbit

Japan Has Launched the Smallest Rocket Ever to Put a Satellite Into Orbit

By Patrick Caughill

Japan Has Sent an Autonomous Drone Assistant to the International Space Station

International Space Station

Japan Has Sent an Autonomous Drone Assistant to the International Space Station

By Patrick Caughill

Japan Just Revealed Plans to Put an Astronaut on the Moon by 2030

Japan Just Revealed Plans to Put an Astronaut on the Moon by 2030

By Patrick Caughill

Japanese Rocket Suffers Catastrophic Failure

Japanese Rocket Suffers Catastrophic Failure

By Patrick Caughill

The Physics of Black Holes Must Wait, Satellite Delayed

The Physics of Black Holes Must Wait, Satellite Delayed

We’re Heading to Jupiter’s Moons to See If They Harbor Life

We’re Heading to Jupiter’s Moons to See If They Harbor Life