UN & China invite applications to conduct experiments on-board China’s Space Station
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have invited applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China's Space Station (CSS).
In...
Indian gvt starts New Space company, confirms Chandrayaan-3
The Indian government has announced the incorporation of a new state-owned company, New Space India Limited (NSIL), to commercially exploit the R&D work of India's space agency ISRO.
The new...
The hunt for Lunar lava tubes — 1960s to today
Last week, Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) detected what may possibly be an intact 50km lava tube in the Marius Hills region of the Moon. If true, this...
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...
India’s April Chandrayaan-2 moon mission to cost US$125m
India’s space agency ISRO will attempt to launch its second lunar Chandrayaan-2, in April this year, with a launch window that will last until October.
Additionally, ISRO’s new Chairman, Dr. K Sivan,...
Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission & payloads
Earlier this month, we took a look at the recent developments from JAXA and their European partners with regards to Hayabusa 2 and the MASCOT hopper rover.
In the following days of...
A detailed look at Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid exploration mission
The Hayabusa missions, both designed, launched and operated by JAXA, are known as sample-return missions, in which a spacecraft will rendezvous with an astronomical body, then collect samples before returning those...
Insights into ISRO’s launches and missions of 2019
India’s
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has ended the year 2019 with a successful
launch of the RISAT-2BR1 satellite. During this PSLV-C 48 mission nine foreign
satellites were also launched under a commercial arrangement with...
Indonesia to build South-East Asia’s largest observatory
Indonesia's space agency LAPAN will cooperate with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Nusa Cendana University (UNdana), East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government (NTT), and Kupang Regency to build a modern space...
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...