The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury has experienced a technical issue that is preventing its thrusters from operating at full power.
Top spaceflight experts from ESA and its partners are working the problem, but the long-term impact on the mission is uncertain.
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【News】(1/4) Hinode satellite successfully observed the huge sunspot group, which produced numerous massive flares and caused aurorae all around the globe! The extent of the sunspot group is equivalent to 30 Earths.
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[International Space Exploration Symposium 2024]
Japan's activities on the Moon! ~The start of a new era of space exploration~ Featuring talks by SLIM Project Manager Sakai, MMX Project Manager Kawakatsu, and CubeSat experts Hashimoto & Funase!✨Join us onsite or online✨
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"JAXA Space Exploration Symposium 2024" will take place on 🗓️June 12 (JST)🪐
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The deadline for suggesting a name for asteroid 2001 CC21 is tomorrow (May 9: the anniversary of the launch of Hayabusa in 2003 🚀). Please do suggest a good name for this asteroid 🪨. 🔗
See the Hayabusa2 touchdown closer than ever before! A new exhibit has opened at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus thanks as part of a joint project between the Tokyo University of the Arts and the Virtual Space Program, supported by crowdfunding 🌟
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] Introducing the new mission mark for the Martian Moons eXploration (
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) mission! The design shows concentric rings focussed on Mars & the spacecraft, encompassing our team and hopes for exploration! Do look for this mark in the future 👀