COLORADO SPRINGS—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says the successful second flight of its H3 medium-lift rocket in February has boosted confidence in the vehicle’s ability to launch the ...
A powerful satellite called XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is set to provide astronomers with a revolutionary look at the X-ray sky. “Some of the things we hope to study with XRISM ...
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. MAHIA, New Zealand, Dec. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the ...
Getting a mission to the point of officially being accepted for launch is an ordeal. However, even when they aren't selected ...
Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass binary consisting of a compact object (likely a black hole) and a hot Wolf-Rayet star. This artist's concept shows one interpretation of the system. High-resolution X-ray ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface with the launch of a low-cost "moon sniper" on Thursday that will test precision landing technology ...
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed the agreement between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for Chandrayaan-5 mission. The ...
The eagerly anticipated XRISM spacecraft, born from the partnership between JAXA and NASA, readies itself for an extraordinary mission. XRISM is poised to capture an expansive spectrum of X-rays, ...
A lunar surface scan mosaic image captured by the SLIM-mounted MBC. Credit: JAXA Japan reestablished communications with its toppled Moon probe, which successfully touched down—in an unplanned ...
The Moon’s newest robotic mission is recuperating, according to an update from Japan’s space agency. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of JAXA’s SLIM lander on the Moon’s surface ...