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Behind the camera: Astronauts talk with students from space station | Space photo of the day for May 29, 2025

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi spoke with students from the International Space Station on May 20, 2025, in a behind-the-camera view.

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SpaceX finally launches after scrubbing mission days ago to replace astronauts who have been in space for months

The launch paves the way for the long-awaited return of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams

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SpaceX aborts launch to send new crew to International Space Station and rescue stranded astronauts

The astronauts’ eventual arrival at the orbiting laboratory will clear the way for the return of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams

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New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months

An engine hot fire test for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Epsilon S rocket ended prematurely when the engine caught fire and exploded.

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Japanese astronauts will join NASA moon landings in return for lunar rover

The first non-American to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut. Two JAXA astronauts will fly on future Artemis landing missions in return for Japan providing a pressurized moon rover.

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SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts share the good and bad of spending 6 months in space

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa spoke about their six months on the space station.

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Japan's Successful Lunar Mission: Pinpoint Landing on Moon

Japan successfully landed its lunar probe, SLIM, on the moon, albeit slightly off target. Despite a landing mishap, the mission marks a significant achieve...

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Status of Japan moon-lander SLIM unclear with solar panel glitch

Japan's spacecraft, SLIM, successfully made a soft landing on the moon, but faces challenges with power generation.

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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened

Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricity

The Guardian - UK

SpaceX launches truly international astronaut team on Crew-7 flight to space station for NASA (video)

SpaceX launched a diverse international crew of astronauts toward the ISS on the Crew-7 mission for NASA early this morning (Aug. 26).

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SpaceX launches 11th crewed mission as it heads to the International Space Station

The four members of the Crew-7 mission are set to dock to the International Space Station on Sunday. They'll spend six months on the orbiting outpost conducting science and other experiments.

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SpaceX to launch Crew-7 astronauts to ISS for NASA before dawn on Aug. 25. Here's how to watch online for free.

NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli will be the second Iranian-American in space, and joins three international astronauts on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission launching from Florida on Aug. 25.

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What time will SpaceX launch the Crew-7 astronauts for NASA on Aug. 25?

SpaceX's Crew-7 mission plans to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Aug. 25, and you can watch the broadcast live for free.

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SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos, video)

Four astronauts from four different countries arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 20 ahead of their expected launch from Florida Aug. 25.

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SpaceX Axiom-4 mission to the ISS: Live updates

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station.

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Wakata: U.S., Russian astronauts on ISS enjoyed Japanese food

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, who returned to Earth from his latest mission in March, said the Japanese food he took to the International Space Station was popular among the other astronauts.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Rocket program in crisis with string of failures

The H3 rocket's failed launch was the latest in a string of such failures among the launch vehicles of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). These setbacks are putting Japan's rocket development program in a critical situation.

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H3 launch fails in blow to space program

The first H3 rocket was launched on Tuesday, but the mission ended in failure as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) had to transmit a destruct command about 15 minutes after liftoff.

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JAXA picks 2 new astronaut candidates

Two people have been chosen as new candidates for Japan's astronaut corps, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Tuesday.

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JAXA astronaut reprimanded over fabricating data

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa has been reprimanded by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) after it was discovered that data in a research project he oversaw was fabricated or altered.

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Lunar probe Equuleus enters orbit

Japan's small lunar probe Equuleus has entered its scheduled orbit, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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JAXA's Epsilon-6 rocket launch ends with self-destruct signal

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said it transmitted a self-destruct signal to the Epsilon-6 solid-fuel rocket soon after it was launched on Wednesday morning from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Japan space rocket commanded to self-destruct after launch

The failure of the Epsilon-6 rocket launch is Japan’s first in nearly 20 years.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Wakata arrives on ISS

WASHINGTON -- A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station at about 5 p.m. on Thursday (6 a.m. JST Friday), carrying four crew members including Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Hayabusa samples point to high water content on Ryugu

Samples from the Ryugu asteroid that were collected by the Hayabusa2 space probe contain water, according to a paper by researchers from Hokkaido University, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and other institutions that was published in the academic journal Science.

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