NASA and Japan are quietly lining up behind one of the riskiest bets in modern lunar exploration: a mission that will try to drill into the Moon’s frozen south pole and prove that water can sustain ...

July 10 (UPI) --NASA is working to strengthen ties with Japan and South Korea, as the space agency prepares to meet this week with government officials in both countries. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam ...

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The mission will bridge a critical data gap on millimeter-sized orbital debris, which poses the greatest mission-ending penetration risk to low-Earth orbit spacecraft.

President Biden said that NASA's Gateway outpost will welcome a Japanese astronaut. "In recent years, the alliance between Japan and the United States has grown stronger, deeper and more capable as we ...

NASA signed an arrangement with the Japanese government that extends Japan’s presence on the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030, in addition to contributing components for a future lunar ...

NASA's upcoming Artemis missions will include an astronaut from Japan as part of an agreement between the two nations. Reading time 2 minutes In an agreement confirmed earlier today, Japan will tap ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is ready to support the United States' lower-cost lunar missions, its space agency chief said on Friday, after the U.S. administration proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA's budget ...

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin made a trip to Japan this week – accompanied by Space Operations Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmeier. Topics under discussion include NASA’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. artist impression of a spacecraft on phobos with mars in the background COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — NASA is going to a moon of ...