Topic: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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In Pictures: Atlantis: The final mission
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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SpaceX flyby of space station an historic first
The SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully made its first burn to approach the space station at 3:58 a.m Thursday. It was the final test before the SpaceX capsule docks at the ISS.
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Christmas cosmonauts: American, Russian, and Dutchman bound for ISS
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers plan to do 57 experiments during five months on the International Space Stations.
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In Pictures: Atlantis: The final mission
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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Japanese astronaut to grow cucumbers in space
Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa plans to plant and grow cucumbers aboard the International Space Station to study how future space travelers can harvest their own food.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Extravehicular activities
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Discovery astronauts prepare to bottle outer space during spacewalk
Space shuttle astronauts will add finishing touches to the space station and bottle up some 'outer space' for JAXA, the Japanese space agency, during Monday morning's spacewalk.
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Amazon drought: A growing concern
Record droughts hit the Amazon's rain forests in 2005 and 2010. With climate models projecting more drying with global warming, researchers are keeping close watch for such extreme droughts.
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Did something just smack into Japan's Akatsuki Venus probe?
The Akatsuki Venus probe failed to enter orbit Monday night, leading some to speculate that the Japanese spacecraft was struck by something.
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Akatsuki Venus probe hits snag as it prepares to enter orbit
Akatsuki Venus probe: A Japanese probe has arrived at Venus, but underwent a communications blackout as it swung behind the planet.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/28
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Packing for Mars
What might you expect on a flight to Mars? Here’s the nitty gritty.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/10
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/09
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Solar sail experiment could test Einstein hypothesis
A physics professor has proposed using a solar sail to confirm a side-effect of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
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Solar sail captures massive space explosion
A Japanese solar sail, the world's first, has caught a huge gamma-ray burst, caused by the explosion of a dying star.
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Japanese solar sail successfully rides a sunbeam
A Japanese solar sail has experienced its first accelerating push from sunlight in a successful test of its novel propulsion system, Japan's space agency has confirmed.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/02
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 06/23
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After visiting asteroid, Hayabusa space capsule returns to Japan
The Hayabusa space capsule, which parachuted into the Australian Outback after a seven-year, billion-mile journey to the asteroid Itokawa and back, is now heading back to Japan for analysis.
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Japanese asteroid probe returns to Earth after a journey of roughly 1.25 billion miles
A Japanese asteroid probe returned to Earth and sent a capsule plunging through the atmosphere over the Australian outback Sunday,
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Japanese space probe makes fiery return to Earth
A Japanese space probe ended a seven-year journey to a nearby asteroid on Sunday, plunging through the atmosphere over the Australian outback.
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 06/14
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Sky over Australia to be lit up by returning asteroid probe
The Hayabusa probe was launched by Japan in 2003.
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In Pictures: Bubbles
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