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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, photographed the tail end of the Mississippi Delta showing the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4, 2010. Part of the river delta and nearby Louisiana coast appear dark in the sunglint. This phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflecting off [...]
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A group of astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organizations had a front row seat to observe the Hayabusa spacecraft’s fiery plunge into Earth’s atmosphere. The team was aboard NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory, packed with cameras and other imaging instruments, to capture the high-speed re-entry over an unpopulated area of [...]
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The H-IIB Launch Vehicle is the largest new-model rocket in Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) are promoting its joint development with the aim to launch it in FY2009. The main mission of the H-IIB is to launch the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), which has a mass of [...]
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Presented by collectSPACE.com — The Source for Space History and Artifacts. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 with the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” and the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator “IKAROS” onboard launched at 6 am JST on May 21, 2010 (4:58:22 pm CDT May 20). [...]
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September 10, 2009 – Tanegashima Space Center. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) Demonstration Flight aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle Test Flight (H-IIB TF1) at 2:01:46 am on September 11, 2009 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch azimuth was 108.5 degrees. The launch vehicle [...]
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