Chen Dong, a 46-year-old former fighter pilot and experienced space explorer, will be at the helm for the mission.

Renowned for picturesque sand dunes, laid-back hot springs resorts, the hometowns of popular manga artists and one of western Japan’s highest mountains, Tottori (Japan’s least-populated prefecture) is ...

China built its space station after it was reportedly excluded ... announced on Thursday that scientists from institutions in France, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, the UK and the US have been granted ...

As part of their strategic partnership launched in March 2020, Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile aim to provide ...

Three Chinese astronauts from the Shenzhou-20 mission have entered China's Tiangong space station, commencing a crew handover ...

"Engines of the Progress MS-30 resupply ship latched on to the International Space Station were started at 3:08 a.m. today and ran for 639.7 seconds, giving an impetus of 1.22 meters per second," ...

Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile have held the first-ever video call in Japan using a low Earth orbit satellite and unmodified smartphones. Takeaway Points The call was held in April 2025. Rakuten ...

Although the partner space agencies—in the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada—work hard to portray the station as a harmonious home without borders, where astronauts and ...

One mission objective of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ... They must take account of the zero gravity conditions aboard the space station and create dishes where powder and liquids ...

When the hustle, bustle, and other non-rhyming but still fatiguing aspects of big city life start to be too much for your tastes, one of the best ways to relieve yourself of urban stress in Japan is ...

These outstanding Osaka museums let you revisit the city’s rich history, taste fine whisky and explore world culture ...