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Nov 12, 2020TOPICS

DLR and JAXA Sign the Implementing Arrangement (IA) to collaborate on DESTINY⁺ mission

Oct 15, 2020TOPICS

SPICA no longer candidate for ESA's M5 mission selection

Oct 9, 2020TOPICS

Studying the Sun as a distant star: contributions to investigations of massive flares and exoplanet habitability

Sep 23, 2020TOPICS

Collisional history of Ryugu's parent body from bright surface boulders

Sep 16, 2020TOPICS

Unraveling a Spiral Stream of Dusty Embers from a Massive Binary Stellar Forge

Sep 2, 2020TOPICS

We are hoping for your messages of support for Hayabusa2!

ANNOUNCEMENTMore

8K Camera on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Spacecraft to Take Ultra High Definition Images of Mars

[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!

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
Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter MIO / BepiColombo JAXA Sagamihara Channel History of Japanese Space Research