only Kibo has its own storage compartment," says JAXA. Linked round-the-clock with teams at the Tsukuba Space Center, the module's assembly took three Space Shuttle missions, beginning in 2007.

NASA and SpaceX are pushing up Crew-10’s launch date by reusing a previously flown Dragon spacecraft, Endurance. This ...

I want to contribute to the developments in space, which is in a period of transition." In the JAXA announcement, Norishige Kanai, the head of the astronauts group at JAXA, said, “I’m truly ...

The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...

"Big Jon" McBride, who piloted space shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G ... "I was just speaking with some friends in Japan ...