To a large extent, their behavior and the panel's impressions of them during their stay will determine which two will wear the JAXA logo on spacesuits instead of slippers.

The nickname “MICHIBIKI,” meaning "guiding" or "showing the way,” was selected as a nickname for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) through a campaign. We conducted the campaign by means of the ...

Japan hopes to be launching astronauts aboard a manned capsule or space plane by 2022, and the nation is also eyeing point-to-point suborbital transportation over the longer haul.

A logo of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is seen in front of an entrance at the JAXA Tokyo Office in Chiyoda Ward. ... JAXA also experienced cyberattacks in 2013 and 2016.

jaxa logo. Japan launched its first rocket carrying a foreign satellite this morning, in a joint operation by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

A logo of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is seen in front of an entrance at the JAXA Tokyo Office in Chiyoda Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) ...