NASA to contribute to 2 upcoming JAXA missions
NASA and Japan’s space agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have announced plans to continue collaborating on space exploration missions.
In a press conference held at JAXA headquarters yesterday, the two...
India & France’s Joint Vision for Space Cooperation heavy on space exploration
India and France have signed a Joint Vision for Space Cooperation, in which both parties have agreed to cooperate on all areas of space technology.
This latest document, which reaffirms the long-standing...
German instrument on China’s lunar lander measures cosmic radiation
The Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019. On board, German instrument Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) has been measuring temporally...
Japanese space robot startup GITAI selected for 1st Google Demo Day Asia
GITAI, a Japan-based startup developing a humanoid robot for use in space, has been selected as one of the 10 finalists qualified to pitch at Google Demo Day Asia.
An initiative allowing...
India’s Lost Lunar Probe, Chandrayaan-1, Found After 7 Years by NASA Radar
Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2008, has been found after having lost contact with Earth on 29 August 2009.
Yesterday, NASA announced that...
The Sungazers: Asian solar missions
On August 12th, NASA launched their Parker Solar Probe on a Delta V from Cape Canaveral. The 1.5 billion USD probe, which is designed to examine the outer corona of our...
Russia & China to cooperate on Moon exploration, ISS experiments, and other space-related activities
According to Russian news agency TASS, Russia and China have finalized a cooperation agreement to extend their partnership in space-related activities. Under the agreement, Russian space contractor Glavcosmos will work with...
Facing the heat: the amazing engineering of the Parker Solar Probe
The other evening when I took a taxi ride home, the driver said “what a hot day!” as soon as I got in. She went on to explain that she had...
Stephen Hawking’s plans for reaching Alpha Centauri
On Sunday, one of China’s largest Internet companies Tencent held its annual WE Summit in Beijing. This year the conference opened with a video address by Stephen Hawking, who has become...
NASA, Government of Japan Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program
NASA and the Government of Japan have finalized an agreement for the lunar Gateway, an orbiting outpost that commercial and international partners will build together. This agreement strengthens the broad effort...