The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...

For the first time in a government space agency in the world, JAXA has scrapped the academic requirement for astronauts. By no longer requiring prospective astronauts to have educational ...

A space robot was just caught in action during a science experiment, high above Earth. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took a short ...

Last year, a study reported the discovery of organic molecules on asteroid Ryugu, sparking discussions about the origins of life and the possibility of panspermia — the idea that life could be seeded ...

The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...

The European and Japanese space agencies have issued a joint statement on furthering cooperation on planetary defense, the moon, Mars and beyond. JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa ...

As NASA and Lockheed Martin work on getting the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic testbed airborne after long delays, Japan has launched a project to demonstrate robust low-boom design technology in ...

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut launch beyond the ...

That's the part where the station and the shuttle don't go boom ... The European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Roscosmos (Russian space agency), and NASA are ...

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ... last serviced by a space shuttle crew in 2009 ...