Japan Launches Small Epsilon 5 Rocket Carrying Nine Satellites
Japan successfully launched a small Epsilon 5 rocket carrying nine satellites. The launch took place at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima's southwestern region and was aired live by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Reportedly, private corporations and businesses built the nine satellites. The launch had already been rescheduled three times due to technical… read-more
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Japan Becomes First Country To Bring Asteroid Samples From Space
Japanese Hayabusa-2 mission has landed in Australia's Woomera on December 6 with first rock samples collected from an asteroid. The 2014-launched mission by Japanese Space Agency JAXA gathered samples in July 2019 by blasting a half-mile-wide asteroid Ryugu, which orbits 211 million kilometres away from the sun. While Japan became the first nation to collect samples from space, NASA has collected samples that will be brought to earth by 2023… read-more
Tags: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Australia, Woomera, Asteroid
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