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Aug 5, 2020TOPICS

Akatsuki reveals a giant cloud disruption unnoticed for 35 years on Venus

Jul 14, 2020TOPICS

JAXA-the Australian Space Agency Joint Statement for Cooperation in the Hayabusa2 Sample Return Mission

May 8, 2020TOPICS

Sample collection from asteroid Ryugu by Hayabusa2: implications for surface evolution

Apr 24, 2020TOPICS

How waves and turbulence maintain the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere

Mar 23, 2020TOPICS

Creating a crater to constrain the age of an asteroid's surface

Mar 23, 2020TOPICS

Thermal images from the TIR suggest Ryugu boulders may be "fluffy"

ANNOUNCEMENTMore

[Press Briefing] "Hayabusa2" 2nd Touchdown Operation [14:00(JST) Jul 11, 2019]（YouTube）

[Mission Control Live] "Hayabusa2" 2nd Touchdown Operation [9:30(JST) Jul 11, 2019]（YouTube）

XRISM web site has been launched!

[Press Briefing] "Hayabusa2" SCI Operation [14:30(JST) Apr 5, 2019]（YouTube）

FOCUS-ON

The Forefront of Space Science

Magnetosphere continuously eats solar wind with a huge mouth

Hiroshi Hasegawa, Department of Solar System Sciences /　Naritoshi Kitamura, Aerospace Project Research Associate

CURRENT MISSIONS

Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ryugu
A
ARASELaunch（UTC）：
Dec 20, 2016
HISAKILaunch（UTC）：
Sep 14, 2013
HINODELaunch（UTC）：
Sep 22, 2006
GEOTAILLaunch（UTC）：
Jul 24, 1992
B
MIO/BepiColomboLaunch（UTC）：
Oct 20, 2018
C
AKATSUKILaunch（UTC）：
May 20, 2010
D
HAYABUSA2Launch（UTC）：
Dec 3, 2014
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