The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has conducted a flight experiment with ultra-thin perovskite solar cells using a high-altitude balloon.

Giant balloons are a lot cheaper than rockets launchers in getting scientific equipment to the edge of space. But they don’t always fly to plan. ... Japanese Space Agency JAXA via CSIRO.

Researchers in central Australia have launched a space balloon into the atmosphere, ... A team of about 43 astrophysicists and engineers from JAXA were in Alice Springs to take part in the mission.

It has been one month since I assumed the JAXA president’s post, and it has surely been a very busy month while I candidly feel that JAXA’s splendid intellectual and […] ...

After touchdown, JAXA officials confirmed that the probe fired a bullet into the asteroid to capture a bit of debris that eventually will ... How a high-flying balloon could search for life on ...

To improve post-disaster assessment, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is developing a system that uses satellite imagery and machine learning to assess earthquake damage on a per ...

The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space on a SpaceX rocket in September.

Japanese orbital debris removal technology startup Astroscale is going to be working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the agency’s first mission to remove some of the junk ...

Spirent’s PNT X solution allows JAXA to simulate lunar PNT services in a controlled laboratory setting before their deployment on the moon. This capability is critical for testing and validating ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has awarded Japanese startup ArkEdge Space a contract to study the feasibility of establishing a constellation of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) ...