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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar rover Tenacious mounted on the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Furukawa trains ahead of ISS mission

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, 59, trains at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on May 12, 2023, ahead of a long-term mission at the International Space Center possibly within this year.

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Furukawa trains ahead of ISS mission

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, 59, trains at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on May 12, 2023, ahead of a long-term mission at the International Space Center possibly within this year.

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Furukawa trains ahead of ISS mission

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, 59, trains at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on May 12, 2023, ahead of a long-term mission at the International Space Center possibly within this year.

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Japanese astronaut Wakata exercises at ISS

TSUKUBA, Japan - An audience at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, watch footage of Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata exercising at the International Space Station, while fellow astronaut Satoshi Fukukawa (R) gives a presentation on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Astronaut Wakata

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on July 29, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2013, and become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Astronaut Wakata

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on July 29, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2013, and become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Konotori flight director

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken May 16, 2013 shows Takashi Uchiyama, one of the six flight directors for the Konotori cargo transporter, standing before his desk at the control room for the unmanned space vehicle at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Astronaut Hoshide at Tsukuba Space Center

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (R) explains about a device used to release small satellites from the International Space Station at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2012. Hoshide is scheduled to stay on the ISS for about six months from late May 2012 for his mission.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide at press conference

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks at a news conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2012. It was Hoshide's last press conference in Japan before the start in late May of a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Water observation satellite Shizuku

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows the Shizuku, a water observation satellite under the Global Change Observation Mission, shown to reporters at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17.

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Astronaut Furukawa receives medical checkup

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (shown in displays) aboard the International Space Station sticks out his tongue during a medical checkup using a real-time data transmission system connecting the ISS and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on the night of Sept. 6, 2011.

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HTV2 arrives at space station

TSUKUBA, Japan - Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, celebrate after a robot arm at the International Space Center successfully captured the HTV2 transporter on Jan. 27, 2011. The transporter will deliver about 5.3 tons of cargo to the ISS, including food, water and equipment for use in Japan's Kibo laboratory module.

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Spanish king, queen visit Tsukuba Space Center

TOKYO, Japan - Spanish King Juan Carlos (2nd from L) and Queen Sofia (2nd from R), accompanied by Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R), leave JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on Nov. 12 on a special train for the imperial family for Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Astronauts practice operating space laboratory at Tsukuba

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide (L) and Satoshi Furukawa speak at a press conference at Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Feb. 28 after practicing using the functions of Japan's first manned space laboratory called Kibo, which is scheduled to become part of the International Space Station, in simulation training at the center.

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Japanese astronaut performs simulated zero-gravity exercise

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata performs a simulated zero-gravity exercise open to the public Nov. 12 at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, in preparation for work on the International Space Station (ISS).

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Astronauts train underwater

Astronauts set to go on space missions for the proposed International Space Station (ISS) undergo weightlessness training at the Tsukuba Space Center, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 25. Soichi Noguchi (C), 33, who has just returned from training in Russia, participated in underwater simulations of extravehicular activity at the 10-meter-deep pool of the National Space Development Agency of Japan.

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Japanese astronaut performs simulated zero-gravity exercise

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata performs a simulated zero-gravity exercise open to the public Nov. 12 at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, in preparation for work on the International Space Station (ISS).

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Astronauts practice operating space laboratory at Tsukuba

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide (L) and Satoshi Furukawa speak at a press conference at Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Feb. 28 after practicing using the functions of Japan's first manned space laboratory called Kibo, which is scheduled to become part of the International Space Station, in simulation training at the center. (Kyodo)

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1st Philippine-developed satellite to be launched in March

The Philippines' first satellite developed with the country's involvement is unveiled at the Tsukuba Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2016. The micromini satellite, scheduled to be launched in March, was jointly developed by researchers at two Japanese universities and the Philippine Department of Science and Technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan unveils X-ray astronomy satellite Astro-H

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Astro-H X-ray astronomy satellite is shown to the press at JAXA's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 27, 2015. The satellite will be transported to JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to be launched by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut commends use of robotic arm by colleague in space

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide explains to the press on Aug. 24, 2015, at JAXA's Tsukuba Space Center northeast of Tokyo the mission of the Kounotori 5 cargo transporter that arrived at the International Space Station the same day. Hoshide commended fellow astronaut Kimiya Yui's use of a robotic arm to capture the transporter to dock with the ISS. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's unmanned cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency controllers applaud at the agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Aug. 24, 2015, after an unmanned cargo ship that was launched from Japan the previous week to deliver food and other supplies arrived at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese microsatellite released from space station

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui pumps his fist in celebration of the successful release into space of a microsatellite for meteor observation from the International Space Station, as seen from a monitor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2015. Yui, on a mission aboard the ISS from July to December, took part in releasing the S-Cube developed by two Japanese universities from the Kibo ("hope") Japanese laboratory unit on the ISS. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese microsatellite released from space station

Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Chiba Institute of Technology and other organizations involved applaud at JAXA's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2015, in celebration of the successful release into space of a microsatellite for meteor observation from the International Space Station, observed on a JAXA monitor screen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAXA's flight director happy at Japan cargo mission's success

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency flight director Mayumi Matsuura meets the press at the Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 25, 2015. She expressed relief as Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui aboard the International Space Station successfully captured the Kounotori5 unmanned supply spacecraft by maneuvering a robotic arm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spanish king, queen visit Tsukuba Space Center

TOKYO, Japan - Spanish King Juan Carlos (2nd from L) and Queen Sofia (2nd from R), accompanied by Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R), leave JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on Nov. 12 on a special train for the imperial family for Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Astronaut Furukawa receives medical checkup

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (shown in displays) aboard the International Space Station sticks out his tongue during a medical checkup using a real-time data transmission system connecting the ISS and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on the night of Sept. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17. (Kyodo)

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HTV2 arrives at space station

TSUKUBA, Japan - Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, celebrate after a robot arm at the International Space Center successfully captured the HTV2 transporter on Jan. 27, 2011. The transporter will deliver about 5.3 tons of cargo to the ISS, including food, water and equipment for use in Japan's Kibo laboratory module. (Kyodo)

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Astronaut Hoshide at Tsukuba Space Center

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (R) explains about a device used to release small satellites from the International Space Station at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2012. Hoshide is scheduled to stay on the ISS for about six months from late May 2012 for his mission. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide at press conference

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks at a news conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2012. It was Hoshide's last press conference in Japan before the start in late May of a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Water observation satellite Shizuku

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows the Shizuku, a water observation satellite under the Global Change Observation Mission, shown to reporters at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.(Kyodo)

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Capsule with experiment samples from ISS

Japan's first capsule that succeeded in bringing back experiment samples from the International Space Station to Earth on Nov. 11, 2018 is shown to the press at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Capsule with experiment samples from ISS

Japan's first capsule that succeeded in bringing back experiment samples from the International Space Station to Earth on Nov. 11, 2018 is shown to the press at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Experiment samples from ISS

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency officials show a capsule that contained experiment samples from the International Space Station at the agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2018, two days after the capsule returned to Earth, landing in waters near Japan's easternmost island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Experiment samples from ISS

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency officials carry a box containing experiment samples from the International Space Station into the agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2018, two days after a capsule containing the samples returned to Earth, landing in waters near Japan's easternmost island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Capsule returns to Earth in milestone for Japanese space missions

Hirohiko Uematsu (R), technology director of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with another JAXA official during a press conference at the agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 11, 2018. JAXA retrieved a capsule ejected from a space cargo vessel that returned to Earth the previous day bringing back experiment samples from the International Space Station in Japan's first such mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spacesuits

Japanese astronauts Koichi Wakata (L) and Takuya Onishi (R) pose for photos wearing spacesuits designed by fashion school students during an event at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's trip to Tsukuba with Luxembourg grand duke

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (R) wave to people in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2017 along with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri (L) and his eldest daughter Princess Alexandra (2nd from R) after arriving at Tsuchiura station. In Ibaraki, they will visit the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center later in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's trip to Tsukuba with Luxembourg grand duke

Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C) arrive at Tsuchiura station in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 28, 2017 along with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri (L) and his eldest daughter Princess Alexandra (not shown in this photo). In Ibaraki, they will visit the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center later in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's trip to Tsukuba with Luxembourg grand duke

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (L) depart Tokyo station on Nov. 28, 2017 along with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri (2nd from R) and his eldest daughter Princess Alexandra (not shown in this photo) to travel to Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. They will visit the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's trip to Tsukuba with Luxembourg grand duke

Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) guide Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri (3rd from L) and his eldest daughter Princess Alexandra (L) to a special train at Tokyo station on Nov. 28, 2017. They will travel to Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, to visit the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center later in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Large inflatable tent displayed

A large inflatable tent is displayed in Tsukuba, near Tokyo, on June 20, 2017. The 70-kilogram tent, with 220 square meters of floor space, can accommodate several large buses and is expected to be used a temporary evacuation center in emergencies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Large inflatable tent displayed

A large inflatable tent is displayed in Tsukuba, near Tokyo, on June 20, 2017. The 70-kilogram tent, with 220 square meters of floor space, can accommodate several large buses and is expected to be used a temporary evacuation center in emergencies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Large inflatable tent displayed

A large inflatable tent is displayed in Tsukuba, near Tokyo, on June 20, 2017. The 70-kilogram tent, with 220 square meters of floor space, can accommodate several large buses and is expected to be used a temporary evacuation center in emergencies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo