a former JAXA astronaut who studies human space activities at Kyoto University, told Reuters last year. LignoSat, named after the Latin word for wood, is a type of CubeSat — a small, box shaped ...

For the first time in a government space agency in the world, JAXA has scrapped the academic requirement for astronauts. By no longer requiring prospective astronauts to have educational ...

The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...