On Sunday 1 024, BepiColombo flew past the planet Mercury for the fifth time, readying itself for entering orbit around the ...

The Epsilon S rocket was supposed to launch early next year, but the recent blast will likely delay its debut by several ...

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...

The engine for a flagship new small Japanese rocket has burst into flames during a combustion test, but there was no injury ...

The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe, making Japan only the fifth country to land an unmanned spacecraft on ...

A new chapter in lunar exploration is unfolding, with two private space companies taking center stage in NASA's ambitious ...

An engine hot fire test for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Epsilon S rocket ended prematurely when the engine ...

An explosion occurred during a test of the second-stage engine for Japan's Epsilon S rocket on November 26, according to ...

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

"The fact that terrestrial microbes are the Earth's best colonizers means we can never completely discount terrestrial ...