The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the operator of the Japanese space program and Japan's national aeronautics research agency. It was formed in 2003 through the merger of the Institute of Spac
JAXA Kibo, the largest module of the ISS
From left: N-I, N-II, H-I, H-II, H-IIA, H-IIB, H3, Epsilon, Enhanced Epsilon
The International Space Station is a space station in low Earth orbit. It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, ESA
JAXA
…Space Center and the Epsilon S, a small-lift launch vehicle, from Uchinoura Space Center. JAXA is one of five space agencies participating in the International Space Station (ISS) program. It developed Kibō, the station's largest module, and since 2009 has regularly resupplied the ISS using the HTV and later HTV-X cargo…
Obverse view in October 2018
A painting of Apollo–Soyuz, a first milestone in international spaceflight
Comet Lovejoy photographed during Expedition 30
Michael Foale conducts an inspection of the Microgravity Science Glovebox during Expedition 8.