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Wakata to get prime minister awardAstronaut Koichi Wakata will receive a prime minister's award for his contribution to the completion of Japan's first manned space laboratory at the International Space Station, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said Friday. In this article: Koichi Wakata, International Space Station, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Japan, and U.S. |
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CNET News.com | 3 days ago
U.S. and China agree to explore space cooperation
...aboard Soyuz capsules at $50 million a seat. The International Space Station is operated as a cooperative venture among the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Canada, and Japan. Complex inter-agency agreements govern the...
In this article: NASA, United States, China, John Logsdon, CNET, and Chevy Volt
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BBC News | November 01, 2009
Japanese freighter makes re-entry
...from the ISS by the station's robotic arm Japan's new space freighter has burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after completing its mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) carried 4.5 tonnes...
In this article: Dragon, Earth, Japan, US, Barter, H-II Transfer Vehicle, Cygnus, SpaceX, and Orbital Sciences
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The Japan Times: All Stories | November 02, 2009
Space truck burns up on re-entry
Japan's first unmanned space cargo vehicle, which separated from the International Space Station early Saturday Japan time, re-entered the atmosphere Monday morning after completing its mission, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
In this article: Japan, H-II Transfer Vehicle, Kagoshima Prefecture, and New Zealand
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | September 10, 2009
Japan to send first cargo spacecraft to ISS
...spacecraft to ISS Japan was readying to launch its first cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Friday, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace...
In this article: Japan, Automated Transfer Vehicle, H-II Transfer Vehicle, Progress, Space Shuttle, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and European Space Agency
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Hatoyama, Wakata trade 'alien' quips
...trade 'alien' quips Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Thursday met with JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, who returned to Japan after completing a 4 1/2-month stay on the International Space Station in late July. During the 20-minute...
In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Naoto Kan, Koichi Wakata, and Japan
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | June 12, 2009
Japan, India plan joint space research
...edible, but it doesn't taste so good," he said. Japan already sends astronauts to the International Space Station and has conducted a variety of space experiments in its Kibo laboratory. But the joint project with the Indian Space...
In this article: Japan, Spirulina, India, All rights reserved, and Indian Space Research Organisation
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New rocket sends up cargo to ISS
...the International Space Station. Japan's new H-IIB rocket, carrying supplies to the International Space Station, lifts off early Friday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY/KYODO...
In this article: Japan, Kagoshima Prefecture, Bread, Kagoshima, Tanegashima, and U.S.
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Reuters | July 18, 2009
Astronauts install station platform
Astronauts install station platform July 18. - Two astronauts leave the International Space Station on Saturday for a spacewalk to help install a porch on Japan's extensive lab. Click on any video below, from any channel, to add it to your...
In this article: Thomson Reuters, Small business, NYSE, Nasdaq, and Japan
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The future of rocket business
...H2B rocket early Friday morning. The rocket placed in orbit Japan's first unmanned space transportation vehicle - the H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - for transporting supplies to the International Space Station. Around this weekend, the HTV is...
In this article: Japan, Europe, H-2 Transfer Vehicle, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, NASA, Russia, and Kagoshima Prefecture
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The International Space Station (ISS) is an internationally developed research facility currently being assembled in Low Earth Orbit. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 and is scheduled to be completed by 2011, with operations continuing until at least 2015. The station can be seen from the Earth with the naked eye, and, , is the largest artificial satellite in Earth orbit, with a mass larger than that of any previous space station. The ISS serves as a long-term research laboratory in space, with experiments in fields including biology, human biology, physics, astronomy and meteorology being carried out daily in the station's microgravity environment. The station also provides a safe testing location for efficient, reliable spacecraft systems that will be required for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS and its experiments are operated by long-duration Expedition crews, with the station being continuously staffed since the first resident crew, Expedition 1, arrived on 2 November 2000. This has provided an uninterrupted human presence in space for the last . , the crew of Expedition 21 is aboard.
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