Space
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Fireball lights up sky over western Japan
Flashing light visible for hundreds of miles was an exceptionally bright meteor, say expertsA flashing firebal…
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Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon ends in failure
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdownAn atte…
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Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon ends in failure
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdownAn atte…
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SpaceX launches two lunar landers to the moon
Privately built spacecraft from Texas-based Firefly and Japan’s ispace will conduct experiments for future mis…
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World’s first wooden satellite launched into space
LignoSat, developed in Japan and launched from Florida, expected to reduce space junk as it burns up on re-ent…
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US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution
UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to…
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Space One rocket explodes soon after launch in Japan
First attempt with private Kairos rocket was intended to test viability of homegrown commercial launch busines…
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Japanese company Space One’s Kairos rocket explodes immediately after launch – video
Japan's Space One Kairos exploded on its inaugural launch as the firm tried to become the first Japanese priva…
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Japan’s moon lander survives two-week lunar night after wonky landing
Unmanned Slim spacecraft responds to signal from Earth after touching down at awkward angle in JanuaryJapan’s …
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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution
The environmentally friendly LignaSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful al…
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Japan launches second flagship H3 rocket a year after inaugural flight self-destructed
Space agency announces ‘successful liftoff’ and says rocket has already released one micro-satelliteJapan’s sp…
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Japan’s Slim moon lander overcomes power crisis to start scientific operations
Moon probe starts taking pictures of lunar surface after bumpy landing left its solar cells pointing in the wr…
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Japan becomes fifth country to put spacecraft on moon as lander reaches lunar surface – video
Japan has become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon after its Smart Lander for Investigating Mo…
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Japan’s Slim spacecraft lands on moon but struggles to generate power
Jaxa space agency says lander’s solar panels may not be angled correctly, after apparently flawless descentJap…
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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened
Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricityJapan’s Sl…
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The race for the moon – podcast
The space race of the 20th century put the first person on the moon. Now a new race to the lunar surface – wit…
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Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ lander heads for touchdown on lunar surface
If all goes to plan, Jaxa’s lander will make Japan the fifth country ever to land on the moonJapan is on final…
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Japan launches rocket to explore origins of universe – video
Japan has launched a rocket carrying a small lunar lander and an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins…
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Moon Sniper: Japan launches Slim probe on precision landing mission
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon will aim to touch down within an unprecedented 100 metres of its targetJap…
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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes during test – video
A rocket engine exploded during a test in Japan on Friday, the latest in a series of failures that have deflat…