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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed a contract with Japan’s ispace, inc. under which ispace will provide lunar payload delivery, operations, and data acquisition services.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2021ispace to Transport JAXA’s Transformable Lunar Robot Payload to the Moon, Conduct Operations and Provide Lunar Data

MMA HaWK arrays will support five small satellites launching on the first Space Launch System (SLS) launch later in 2021: NASA’s LunaH-Map, Lunar Flashlight, Near Earth Asteroid Scout (NEAScout), BioSentinel, and JAXA’s EQUULEUS.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanMay 12, 2021MMA Design’s HaWK Solar Arrays To Power NASA’s GEO Heliophysics Mission

The Crew-1 spacecraft remained at the International Space Station and was scheduled to return with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi on 2021-04-28.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductApr 23, 2021SpaceX launches NASA Crew-2 mission

The Crew-1 spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on 2021-04-28, returning NASA’s Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Michael Hopkins and JAXA’s Soichi Noguchi to Earth.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductApr 20, 2021NASA completes launch readiness review for Crew-2 mission

The U.S. Space Fence, JAXA’s SSA, and the EU Space Surveillance & Traffic (EUSST) programs are increasing competition in the SSA market.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralApr 14, 2021Constellations… Accidents Waiting To Happen? An NSR Report…

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet will join Expedition 65 as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 later 2021-04.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2021NASA to provide live coverage of Space Station crew landing

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Crew-2 is scheduled to launch 2021-04-22 to transport NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA’s Thomas Pesquet, and JAXA’s Akihiko Hoshide to the ISS.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralApr 9, 2021Soyuz launches new crew to International Space Station

The commercial crew program allows the International Space Station to host seven people at a time, including four NASA astronauts and a fifth astronaut from JAXA.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipApr 5, 2021Crew Dragon moves to new docking port at ISS

NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet are scheduled to launch to the station on Crew-2.

Mentioned as: JAXAOrg RelationshipMar 29, 2021NASA TV To Air First U.S. Commercial Crew Port Relocation On Space Station

ISRO and JAXA are working on an implementing arrangement to carry NASA’s Laser Reflectometer Array (LRA) on Chandrayaan-3.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMar 18, 2021Quad Push: ISRO Taking Space Ties With US, Japan & Australia To A higher orbit

ISRO and JAXA have planned a joint Lunar Polar Exploration mission (LUPEX) to explore the Moon’s south pole in 2023.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralMar 18, 2021Quad Push: ISRO Taking Space Ties With US, Japan & Australia To A higher orbit

Nearly half of Japan’s planned 2021 space budget, 212,400,000,000 JPY, is allocated to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, which controls JAXA.

Mentioned as: jaxaNarrative FinancialMar 9, 2021Japan budgets a record $4.14 billion for space activities

Japan allocated 3,400,000,000 JPY in the fiscal year 2021 space budget to develop the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), a lunar lander being developed by JAXA.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipMar 9, 2021Japan budgets a record $4.14 billion for space activities

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will perform the 2021-03-05 spacewalk to carry out several maintenance tasks outside the station.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralFeb 20, 2021Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station

The SpaceX Crew-2 commercial crew mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2021-04-20 and will transport astronauts from NASA, ESA, and JAXA to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Org RelationshipFeb 20, 2021Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station

On 2021-02-03, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the Italian space agency ASI signed a statement of intent to cooperate on the International Mars Ice Mapper mission.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralFeb 6, 2021NASA and international partners to study Mars Ice Mapper mission

Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will return to Earth in the Crew-1 spacecraft in late April or 2021-05-05 if Crew-2 launches on its current schedule.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative GeneralJan 30, 2021Next SpaceX commercial crew mission to launch in April

JAXA found fatigue fracture surfaces in the LE-9 combustion chamber and turbopump blades and is working on LE-9 certification.

Mentioned as: JAXATechnical ProductJan 26, 2021JAXA ships new H3 rocket to Tanegashima Space Center for testing

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will provide batteries for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module being built by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanJan 13, 2021NASA and Japan finalize Gateway agreement

The Crew-2 mission expected to launch in the spring of 2021 will fly two NASA astronauts, one ESA astronaut, and one JAXA astronaut.

Mentioned as: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Narrative PlanDec 14, 2020NASA assigns astronauts for third SpaceX commercial crew mission
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