はやぶさ２、小惑星を出発 来年末に地球帰還へ
探査機「はやぶさ２」が１１月１３日午前１０時５分、地球への帰還に向け小惑星「リュウグウ」を出発した。宇宙航空研究開発機構（ＪＡＸＡ）によると、約８億キロを飛行して来年末、６年ぶりに地球へ戻る。 はやぶさ２は地上から送った信号に従
Author Archives for Takeo Kusaka
Takeo Kusaka is a senior staff writer of the Sankei Shimbun Science News department.
Special Reports
Hayabusa2 Departs from Asteroid Ryugu, Expected Back on Earth by End-2020
Japan’s space agency announced that its Hayabusa2 space probe departed from asteroid Ryugu at 10:05 A.M. on November 1
新種恐竜カムイサウルス、大繁栄時代を日本から発信
北海道むかわ町で発掘された恐竜化石の「むかわ竜」が新種と判明し、９月６日、「カムイサウルス・ジャポニクス」の学名が付いた。全長約８メートルに及ぶ日本最大の恐竜の全身骨格だ。国内では破片ぐらいしか見つからないと思われていた恐竜化石への
Discovery of ‘Kamuysaurus Japonicus’ Species Puts Japan on Global Dinosaur Map
The fossilized skeleton known as the Mukawa Dragon was declared to be a new species of dinosaur on September […
Special Reports
[INTERVIEW] Norishige Kanai: Japan Should Produce More Astronauts
By Takeo Kusaka Japanese Astronaut Norishige Kanai, 41, returned to Earth in June, following a lengthy […
Special Reports
60 Years After Apollo, JAXA Plans Japan’s First Manned Lunar Landing
Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed its plan to develop Japan’s first manned lunar landing vehi
Economy & Tech
Will Japan Finally Get to Send An Astronaut to the Moon?
This spring, NASA announced its plan for the new crew-tended cislunar space station named “Deep Space Gateway (DSG),”
Economy & Tech
Step Aside, GPS, the Japanese “Michibiki” Promises Higher Accuracy Positioning System
The second satellite of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)—the Japanese version of the Global Positioning Syste