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January 14, 2010

HAYABUSA coming back to terrestrial gravitation realm! Soon to be home

The Asteroid Explorer “HAYABUSA,” which is on its way back to the Earth, has gradually been changing its orbit to come closer to the Earth. The explorer is now confirmed to be on an orbit that passes through the inside of the terrestrial gravitation sphere (about 1.4 million km from the Earth.)
Currently, the HAYABUSA is flying about 60 million km away from the Earth. Its flight orbit is scheduled to be moved inside the moon orbit.

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The Forefront of Space Science

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December 24, 2009

Transmitting Information about the Universe via a Small Circuit
-Space Communications by the Cutting-Edge Radio-wave Engineering Technology

Shigeo KAWASAKI
Energy and environmental problems have come to issues that require a global-scale solution. With the concept “clean space communication talking to a far-distant universe,” JAXA is actively engaged in the research and development of: ultra-small, ultra-high-performance sensor and semiconductor integrated circuit; the world’s smallest transceiver with antenna; and an ultra-high-speed wireless communication and energy transmission network.

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January 26, 2010

JAXA International Top Young Fellowship

JAXA is looking for talented and motivated individuals who are willing to work at the frontline of Japanese space development, space science and aviation technology.

Application deadline:April 20, 2010

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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” .