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NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic ...
Supersonic tunnel trials suggest the X-59’s shape can scatter shock waves, paving the way for hush-hush high-speed flight.
Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 ...
A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...
Witness NASA and JAXA’s 19-inch X-59 scale model hit Mach 1.4 (925 mph) in Tokyo’s wind tunnel as researchers chase a quieter sonic thump.
JAXA announced its success and its worrying technical problem shortly after noon, ET. Two hours earlier, tens of thousands of people watched a video livestream as SLIM's lunar altitude ticked down ...
In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that ...
JAXA isn't particularly adept at showmanship and bravado, and it often wears humility like armor, but it's exactly for these reasons that its little corner of Tokyo remains peaceful.
If JAXA does unjam its door, Chandra will be an important tool to follow up XRISM's observations. Meanwhile, the ghosts of Suzaku and Hitomi will linger until the next attempt at opening the door.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will delay the maiden launch of its heavy-lift H3 rocket to Feb. 17 from Feb. 15 due to weather conditions, the space agency said on Tuesday.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Wednesday evening.
The developers plan to hand the satellite, made from magnolia wood and named LignoSat, to space agency JAXA next week. It will be sent into space on a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center ...