JAXA

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions such as asteroid exploration and possible human exploration of the Moon. Its motto is One JAXA and its corporate slogan is Explore to Realize.

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JAXA Confirms Inaugural Callisto Flight Test Has Slipped to 2026

JAXA Officially Wraps Up its SLIM Lander Mission

NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA

NASA, JAXA bounce laser beam between moon's surface and lunar orbit

Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency

NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels

JAXA and Toyota's 'Lunar Cruiser' moon rover is now a Transformers toy

JAXA’s SLIM Lunar Lander wakes up after its second lunar night

NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission

In the span of just 34 days, two different spacecraft have joined a rare club: landing on the Moon sideways. It’s not what either the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) or Houston-based Intuitive Machines were aiming to do. But bother are calling their missions a success.

It's alive! JAXA's SLIM moon lander sends home new photos after surviving frigid lunar night

JAXA to give 2nd shot at H3 rocket launch Thurs.

Jaxa on Monday: Established communication with Slim, and resumed operations.

'We proved that you can land wherever you want.' Japan's SLIM moon probe nailed precise lunar landing, JAXA says

JAXA’s Lunar Leap: Japan Is Now the 5th Country To Land on the Moon

Japan becomes fifth country to land on the moon with JAXA’s SLIM spacecraft

NASA and JAXA troubleshooting glitch with new X-ray astronomy satellite

JAXA, NASA reveal 1st images from XRISM X-ray space telescope

Chandrayaan-4 mission: What ISRO and JAXA are planning?

Japan's JAXA is next in line to launch a lunar lander