New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan

JAXA (Japan's Space Agency) future missions: Rover on the Moon, Exploration of Moons of Mars and Jupiter, Earth Observing missions and Vehicle Engineering.

Japan Wants to Build Intercontinental Passenger Spaceships by the Early 2040s

In 2013, scientists from Japan sent samples of freeze-dried mouse sperm to live on the ISS -- and now they finally know how it affected them. Even after six-years of exposure to space radiation, the researchers say the space sperm still produced healthy pups.