ILEA000080749: Japan makes 2nd attempt to put probe into Venus' orbit

Japanese astronaut Noguchi to join ISS mission again from 2019

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi talks about his third space station mission at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2017. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said earlier this month that Noguchi will stay at the International Space Station for about six months as part of the next mission starting around the end of 2019. It will be the third ISS mission for the 52-year-old following his earlier stays in 2005 and 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese astronaut Noguchi to join ISS mission again from 2019

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi talks about his third space station mission at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2017. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said earlier this month that Noguchi will stay at the International Space Station for about six months as part of the next mission starting around the end of 2019. It will be the third ISS mission for the 52-year-old following his earlier stays in 2005 and 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese astronaut to be dispatched to Int'l Space Station

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2017. Kanai, formerly a doctor working for the Maritime Self-Defense Force who was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2009, will be dispatched to the International Space Station for six months from around December for various tasks including science experiments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese astronaut to be dispatched to Int'l Space Station

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai poses for photos after a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2017. Kanai, formerly a doctor working for the Maritime Self-Defense Force who was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2009, will be dispatched to the International Space Station for six months from around December for various tasks including science experiments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan to enhance GPS services with launch of 3rd satellite in Aug.

Japan's quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki No. 3 is unveiled at a facility of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on June 15, 2017. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will be put it into orbit in Aug. 11 to enhance the precision of Japan's global positioning system, followed by another satellite to be launched later this year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan successfully launches intelligence-gathering satellite

An H-2A rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, southwestern Japan, on March 17, 2017. The satellite was successfully placed in orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

(From L) Yoshifumi Inatani, deputy director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Hiroto Habu, associate professor of the institute, and University of Tokyo professor Shinichi Nakasuka attend a press conference at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 15, 2017. Japan's space agency aborted the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan makes 2nd attempt to put probe into Venus' orbit

Masato Nakamura, professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, meets with reporters in front of a model of its probe Akatsuki on Dec. 7, 2015, at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus near Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2015, after the probe entered orbit around Venus to observe the planet's atmosphere. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

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