You know when you're designing robotic coke cans for Times Square but you get this urge to just... BITE... a moon?
Kris Zacny from Honeybee Robotics talks me through designed biters... uh, samplers... for Mars, the Moon, and the plans to nibble Phobos with the #JAXA Martian Moons (#MMX) mission .
My latest for JAXA Cosmos :
https://cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/gathering-moon-dust-with-honeybee-robotics/
https://www.alojapan.com/1321641/nasa-tests-supersonic-muscle-in-japan-as-19-inch-x-59-hits-mach-1-4/ NASA tests supersonic muscle in Japan as 19-inch X-59 hits Mach 1.4 #aerospace #Japan #JapanNews #JAXA #LockheedMartin #nasa #NASAX59 #news #supersonic #SupersonicAircraft #SupersonicFlight #WindTunnel Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have completed a fresh round of supersonic wind-tunnel testing on a miniature version of NASA’s X-59 quiet-supersonic experimental aircraft. The campaign was conducted
#Telepolis:
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Pentagon stellt Wetterdatenfreigabe ein: Hurrikanvorhersagen und Meereisüberwachung betroffen
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"Wichtige Daten für Klimawandel- und Hurrikanvorhersage fehlen ab sofort. Warum die Entscheidung zum schlechtestmöglichen Zeitpunkt kommt."
6.7.2025
The Orbital Index Issue № 325:
SpaceX's Transporter-14 launched 70 payloads, including Exolaunch's 45 satellites and Varda's manufacturing capsule. The Nyx capsule faced a parachute failure during reentry. Starfish Space's Otter Pup 2 will attempt LEO docking, while SpaceForge's ForgeStar-1 tests microgravity manufacturing. Axiom Mission 4 has docked at the ISS.
Congratulations to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (#JAXA) for the successful launch of the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle "IBUKI GW" (GOSAT-GW) which also carries the microwave radiometer AMSR3! Fantastic news ! Learn more in this press release: https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2025/07/20250701-1_e.html or check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_wCnlqGwM&t=60s
the #JAXA confirmed the success of GOSAT-GW launching and its solar pannel deployment. Thanks to @revesdespace for the follow up !
https://mastodon.social/@revesdespace@universeodon.com/114765282045238254
https://www.alojapan.com/1310205/h2a-rocket-retires-capping-25-years-of-excellence/ H2A Rocket Retires, Capping 25 Years of Excellence #H2A #H3 #hayabusa2 #Japan #JapanNews #JAXA #JuichiroIto #MitsubishiHeavyIndustries #news #space #SpaceScience #TanegashimaSpaceCenter このページを 日本語 で読む Japan’s flagship heavy-lift rocket, the H2A, concluded its distinguished career with the successful launch of its 50th and final mission at 1:33 AM on June 29 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. Roughly 16 minutes after li…
https://www.alojapan.com/1309432/japans-h2a-rocket-retired-after-successful-final-launch/ Japan’s H2A rocket retired after successful final launch #H2A #H3 #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #JAXA #news #Rockets #SATELLITES #space Japan’s flagship H2A rocket lifted off for the final time at 1:33 a.m. on Sunday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, successfully concluding a 24-year run that has defined the nation’s space capabilities. The rocket’s 50th and final mission carrieds the GOSAT-GW, a governmen…
Japan’s flagship H2A rocket lifted off for the final time early Sunday, successfully concluding a 24-year run that has defined the nation’s space capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/science-health/japan-h2a-rocket-retired/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #jaxa #rockets #satellites #h3 #space #h2a
50号機打ち上げ。#JAXA のおめでとう