Japan's space agency plans to use satellite images to quickly evaluate damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters.

Two commercial lunar landers are currently on their way to the Moon, and at least two more are set to follow this year under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Meanwhile, ...

BepiColombo passed a mere 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface at 6:59 CET on Jan. 9. The flyby began on the planet's ...

In a pioneering space mission, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched LignoSat, a satellite constructed ...

Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to ...

Japan Airlines is set to introduce riblet-shaped coating, shown to improve fuel efficiency, on its B787 long-haul flights ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

During the Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck on Jan. 1 last year, JAXA's advanced land observation satellite, Daichi-2, conducted emergency observations from the same night. While the ...

Internal view of LignoSat's structure shows the relationship among wooden panels, aluminum frames, and stainless-steel shafts.Credit: Kyoto ...

The world's first wooden satellite has officially been deployed. Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the timber-clad device hitched a ride on a SpaceX mission which brought it ...

As the Trump administration returns to power, NASA faces a crossroads that could redefine its mission for decades to come.