In the JAXA announcement, Norishige Kanai, the head of the astronauts group at JAXA, said, “I’m truly pleased that the two were certified as astronauts, as I have witnessed their efforts ...

JAXA recruited new astronauts for the first time since 2009. A record 4,127 people applied by April 2022 to be astronauts, more than four times higher than last time. That was due to the relaxed ...

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa sat down to discuss the highs and lows of life on the space station, and the experience they had returning to Earth this month.

Indian astronaut Gp. Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla has been designated as a pilot for the Ax-4 mission, which will fly to the Space ...

The new arrivals—NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency ...

The world's first wooden satellite has officially been deployed. Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the timber-clad device was sent to International Space Station last ...

On September 12, 2021, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide stepped outside the International Space Station while being recorded with a custom-built immersive camera ...

The Ax-4 mission is a significant collaboration between India and the United States, announced by Prime Minister Narendra ...