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October 23, 2009

Venus Climate Orbiter "PLANET-C" Nicknamed "AKATSUKI"

JAXA plans to launch Venus Climate Orbiter PLANET-C in Japanese Fiscal Year 2010. Prior to launch, the name of the orbiter was decided to be "AKATSUKI", which means "dawn" in Japanese.
JAXA also started a campaign to collect messages all over the world that will be sent to Venus onboard "AKATSUKI".

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[ open new window AKATSUKI Message Campaign ]

November 12, 2009

Asteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA" Ion Engine Anomaly

November 2, 2009

open new window Public release of KAGUYA (SELENE) data archives

October 28, 2009

SRON-JAXA agreement on Space Science

September 24, 2009

open new window KAGUYA research report published in Nature

June 22, 2009

open new window Last shots taken by KAGUYA's HDTV, TC and other cameras

June 11, 2009

KAGUYA dropped onto Moon's surface

February 18, 2009

"KAGUYA" successfully captured Earth's diamond ring

The Forefront of Space Science

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November 12, 2009

Hottest Gas in the Universe Discovered by SUZAKU

Naomi OTA
The excellent capabilities of the X-ray astronomical satellite SUZAKU, launched in 2005, discovered the hottest gas in the universe in the RXJ1347 galaxy cluster. The gas is believed to have been generated by a collision between two large galaxy clusters. SUZAKU captured one moment in evolution where two galaxy clusters’ gravity pulled both together t–o form a single immense celestial body.

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October 22, 2009

Moon and Beyond
Plasma Environment around the Moon Explored by KAGUYA

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November 10, 2003

Research on Balloons to Float Over 50km Altitude

Introducing the history of balloon development from research of the thermal adhesion machine started in 1991 until now. Dream of researchers is to reach as high as possible under the slogan “60km altitude” .