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August 31, 2010

Atmospheric balloon experiment B10-03 completed

At 5:41 a.m. on August 27, 2010, JAXA released the second balloon of the second balloon experiment season in JFY 2010 from the Taiki Aerospace Research Field, the base of the collaborative work. The release was part of the B10-03 experiment which aims at flying a bale (or a straw rice bag) shaped balloon. The balloon that was expanded to its full capacity of 5,000 m3 ascended 250 meters per minute.

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Small particles found in the sample container of the HAYABUSA

July 6, 2010

open new window Orbit Control Maneuver Result of the Venus Climate Orbiter 'AKATSUKI'

July 5, 2010

open new window Global distribution of olivine from the lunar interior and its origin revealed by SELENE/KAGUYA

June 25, 2010

Starting to open HAYABUSA sample container

June 18, 2010

HAYABUSA Capsule Arrived at JAXA Sagamihara Campus

June 14, 2010

Retrieval of the Hayabusa capsule was completed , Heat shield was found in WPA

The Forefront of Space Science

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August 16, 2010

Trajectory Design for Interplanetary Missions and Formation Flight of Spacecraft

Mai Bando
Missions are soon expected where a spacecraft will explore multiple asteroids, or many satellites orbit the earth in formation. Complex trajectory design will be required for these missions. This article summarizes a method that uses a generating function effective for trajectory design and provides design examples.

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July 12, 2010

The 4.6-Billion-Year History of the Sun

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November 10, 2003

Research on Balloons to Float Over 50km Altitude

Introducing the history of balloon development from research of the thermal adhesion machine started in 1991 until now. Dream of researchers is to reach as high as possible under the slogan “60km altitude” .