China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission delayed to 2019, Chang’e 4 on schedule
On China's annual Space Day, held on 24 April, officials from the Chinese space programme announced the lunar probe Chang'e 5 will be launched in 2019.
Chang'e 5 was originally planned for...
Japan-based ispace raises additional $1.8m in Series A, totaling $94.5m
ispace, a Japan-based private lunar exploration company, announced earlier this month that it has raised US$1.8 million from Tohoku University Venture Partners Co., Ltd (THVP).
This funding comes in addition to the...
ESA-JAXA Mercury mission BepiColombo successfully launched on Ariane 5
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo joint mission to Mercury has been launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou at 01:45:28 GMT on 20 October on its mission.
Signals from the spacecraft,...
JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi to join ISS Expedition 62/63 in 2019
Japan’s space agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has announced that astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been selected for a long duration stay at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019.
Noguchi...
KARI contracts MDA for lunar mission communication subsystems
South Korea's space agency, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), has awarded a contract worth over US$5.74 million (CA$7 million) to Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA).
Under the contract, MDA...
The engineering ingenuity of Rocket Lab’s Electron and Photon
Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle, which is all about providing low-cost access to space for small payloads, is back in service after a failed Flight 13 mission just a little more than...
China completes first tests of space station’s propulsion system
On 14 August, China’s space agency, the China National Space Administration (CNSA), announced it has completed the first round of tests for the propulsion system of its space station, expected to...
Happy Anniversary to MOM and LAPAN-A2!
This week, we congratulate two space agencies on the anniversaries of their spacecraft!
First, this week marks the 3rd anniversary of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Mars mission. ISRO's Mars Orbiter...
JAXA & ESA to study feasibility of lunar demonstration mission ‘Heracles’
On 3 March 2018, at the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) held in Tokyo, Japan’s space agency JAXA and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced a joint statement which included a...
Putin, Abe conduct live video chat with the International Space Station
On 26 May 2018, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe jointly conducted a live video call with two crew members of the International Space Station (ISS).
The call...
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