It was a year when the economy survived while technology thrived, reminding us that science doesn’t stop, even during a health crisis.
~Japan can become a pioneer of space science if it continues its successes with its unparalleled sample return technology~ With the return of the...
Asteroid probe Hayabusa2’s six year long mission to the asteroid Ryugu and back ended flawlessly, as the space vehicle performed its final tasks on December...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed on July 21 that it plans to send its asteroid probe Hayabusa2 on another 10-year mission after...
Thanks to you, our dear readers, JAPAN Forward reached new milestones in monthly and daily readerships in 2019. Millions of users around the world followed our...
Japan’s space agency announced that its Hayabusa2 space probe departed from asteroid Ryugu at 10:05 A.M. on November 13, 2019, Japan Time, embarking on its...
Japan’s spacecraft Hayabusa2 succeeded in making a second landing on the asteroid Ryugu, a space rock orbiting between Earth and Mars, at about 10 A.M....
There can now be no room for doubt that Hayabusa2 has given us the most dynamic event in Japan’s history of space and planetary exploration...
The Japanese space agency announced on Friday morning, February 22, that its spacecraft Hayabusa2 — whose mission is to help unlock the secrets of...
By JAPAN Forward Achieving a first in international space exploration efforts, Japan landed two robots on Ryugu, a moving asteroid, on Saturday,...