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Tie-up for 1-hour Japan-U.S. travel via space

Nippon Travel Agency Co. President Keigo Yoshida (L) and Innovative Space Carrier Inc. President Kojiro Hatada pose for a photo in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025, as they attend a press conference held after the announcement of their joint plan to launch a point-to-point transport service that would connect Tokyo and U.S. cities in 60 minutes via outer space.

Tie-up for 1-hour Japan-U.S. travel via space

Nippon Travel Agency Co. President Keigo Yoshida (L) and Innovative Space Carrier Inc. President Kojiro Hatada pose for a photo in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025, as they attend a press conference held after the announcement of their joint plan to launch a point-to-point transport service that would connect Tokyo and U.S. cities in 60 minutes via outer space.

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240428) -- BEIJING, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 27, 2024 shows the combination of the Chang'e-6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province. The Chang'e-6 lunar probe is scheduled for launch at an appropriate time at the beginning of May, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The combination of the Chang'e-6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket was transferred vertically on Saturday to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, the CNSA said. After Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in January and March, respectively, the assembly, testing and other preparations were successively completed. The probe is set to collect samples from the far side of the moon, marking a mission that will be the first of its kind in human history. (Photo by Huang Guochang/Xinhua)

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240318) -- BEIJING, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The combination of the relay satellite Queqiao-2 and the Long March-8 Y3 carrier rocket is vertically transferred to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, March 17, 2024. The satellite is projected to be launched at an appropriate time within the next few days, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). (Photo by Huang Guochang/Xinhua)

NASA unveils Mars simulation habitat

Photo taken April 11, 2023, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, shows a sandbox with red sand simulating the Martian landscape. U.S. space agency NASA unveiled the same day its new Mars simulation habitat, in which four volunteers will live for a year to test what life would be like on future manned missions to the planet, at the center.

Commercial rover for lunar exploration

Photo taken in Akabira on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 30, 2021, shows what would be the world's first commercial rover for lunar exploration. Aboard U.S. space robot company Astrobotic Technology's lunar lander Peregrine, YAOKI, developed by Tokyo-based space venture Dymon Co., will take part in NASA's lunar transportation mission possibly in early 2022.

Commercial rover for lunar exploration

Photo taken in Akabira on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 30, 2021, shows what would be the world's first commercial rover for lunar exploration. Aboard U.S. space robot company Astrobotic Technology's lunar lander Peregrine, YAOKI, developed by Tokyo-based space venture Dymon Co., will take part in NASA's lunar transportation mission possibly in early 2022.

Hayabusa2 space probe project team given prime minister's award

Yuichi Tsuda (L), manager of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 space probe project team, poses for a photo in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2020, along with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, after the team received the prime minister's award for successfully bringing home soil and gas samples from a distant asteroid for research into the origins of life and the evolution of the solar system.

Hayabusa2 space mission

Photo taken in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on July 11, 2019, shows a monitor displaying Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency employees celebrating in the control room of its facility in the Kanagawa Prefecture city after they received data suggesting the Hayabusa2 space probe made a successful second touchdown on the Ryugu asteroid 250 million kilometers from Earth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hayabusa2 space mission

Photo taken in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on July 11, 2019, shows a monitor displaying Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency employees celebrating in the control room of its facility in the Kanagawa Prefecture city after they received data suggesting the Hayabusa2 space probe made a successful second touchdown on the Ryugu asteroid 250 million kilometers from Earth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

10th planet in solar system discovered, NASA says

TOKYO, Japan - The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said July 30 it has discovered the 10th planet in the solar system. The photo, taken in 90-minute intervals and released by NASA, shows the newly-discovered planet (in white circles in middle). (Kyodo)

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