JAXA : Discovery News

Virus Attacks Japanese Space Agency Computer

Posted Fri Jan 13, 2012 04:05 PM ET | 0

Sensitive data -- possibly including information on JAXA's H-2 Transfer Vehicle -- appear to have been leaked. Read more

Jet Packs Rule, Say Deep-Sea Astronauts

Posted Wed Oct 26, 2011 02:32 PM ET | 0

Sixty-five feet below the Atlantic, astronauts are simulating maneuvers around an asteroid. Read more

Hayabusa Asteroid Probe Awarded World Record

Posted by Ian O'Neill Mon Jun 20, 2011 01:28 PM ET | 0

A year after the mission came to an end, the Japanese Hayabusa mission is officially certified by Guinness World Records as the first spacecraft to return to Earth carrying material from an asteroid. Read more

Hayabusa Asteroid Probe Awarded World Record

JAXA's HTV-2 Launches High School Experiment

Posted by Ian O'Neill Sat Jan 22, 2011 01:48 AM ET | 0

The Japanese H-2 Transfer Vehicle Kounotori 2 launched on Saturday to deliver supplies to the space station. Its payload included a microgravity high school experiment. Read more

Reader's Choice: Favorite Space Story of 2010 : Slide Show

Posted Thu Dec 23, 2010 04:37 AM ET | 0

It's been a big year for space, but which 2010 Discovery News space story was your favorite? The results are in and we have a Top 10 as chosen by you! Read more

Are Solar Sails the Future of Space Travel?

Posted by Robert Lamb Mon Dec 6, 2010 06:48 PM ET | 0

As we look to our future amid the stars, solar sail technology gives us a compelling opportunity: the chance to hitch a ride on light. Read more

Are Solar Sails the Future of Space Travel?

NASA's Nanosail-D Released into the Winds of Space

Posted Mon Dec 6, 2010 02:45 PM ET | 0

After piggybacking on another satellite into orbit, the small cubesat is set to unfurl its sail in three days time. Read more

Success! Hayabusa Captured Asteroid Dust

Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Nov 16, 2010 04:13 AM ET | 0

Overcoming all the odds, it's been confirmed that the Japanese asteroid mission successfully returned samples of asteroid Itokawa to Earth. Read more

Success! Hayabusa Captured Asteroid Dust

Interplanetary Vagabonds and Hayabusa's Asteroid Dust

Posted by Ian O'Neill Mon Jul 12, 2010 03:41 AM ET | 0

Asteroid dust may have been found inside Hayabusa's sample return capsule, but how could this finding help us? For a start, it'll help us understand these potentially hazardous objects a little better. Read more

Interplanetary Vagabonds and Hayabusa's Asteroid Dust

Japan's Solar Sail Photographed in Orbit

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:49 AM ET | 0

If seeing is believing, this picture comes as sweet relief to a satellite operations team in Japan that has been overseeing the flight of an experimental solar sailing spacecraft. Read more

Japan's Solar Sail Photographed in Orbit

Hayabusa: A 7-Year Asteroid Odyssey

Posted Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:07 PM ET | 0

After a dramatic re-entry over Australia on Sunday, what were the Hayabusa asteroid mission highlights and what challenges did Japanese scientists have to overcome to get their spacecraft home? Read more

NASA Aircraft Videos Hayabusa Re-Entry

Posted by Ian O'Neill Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:11 PM ET | 0

A stunning video of Hayabusa's atmospheric re-entry has been released. The footage was taken by an airborne laboratory inside a converted DC-8 jetliner, showing the speeding capsule and spacecraft break-up. Read more

Hayabusa Generates Re-Entry Fireball Over Australia [UPDATE]

Posted by Ian O'Neill Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:36 PM ET | 0

On Sunday, JAXA's Hayabusa mission will return to Earth after a dramatic seven years in space. But will it contain those precious asteroid particles? Read more

Hayabusa Generates Re-Entry Fireball Over Australia [UPDATE]

Japan to Launch 'Space Yacht'

Posted Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:25 PM ET | 0

The kite-shaped sails on this unusual spacecraft are propelled by sunlight. Read more

Earth Gets Geomagnetic Wallop

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Apr 6, 2010 03:20 PM ET | 0

A blast of solar wind is currently pummeling Earth's magnetosphere, sparking the strongest geomagnetic storm so far this year, producing some stunning aurorae. Read more