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This Hilarious Conversation With A Space Robot Makes Kirobo Seem Almost Human
Just how human-sounding is Kirobo, the first talking robot on the station? This amusing conversation, recorded on the International Space…
Space Trucks! A Pictorial History Of These Mighty Machines
Cargo resupply ships are vital for space exploration. These days they bring food, experiments and equipment to astronauts on the…
Japanese Transfer Vehicle Launches Supplies, Robot to the Space Station
More supplies and a brand new talking robot for International Space Station. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) HTV-4 Transfer…
This Energy-Boosting Region In The Sun Will Have A New NASA Satellite Watching It
How does the sun's energy flow? Despite the fact that we live relatively close (93 million miles, or eight light-minutes)…
Mystery of Escaping Planetary Atmospheres Comes Under Japanese Scrutiny
Venus and Mars may be all right tonight, but there's still a lot we don't understand about these planets. Why…
Japanese HTV-3 Berthed to International Space Station
The HTV-3 Japanese cargo spacecraft was successfully captured with the International Space Station’s Canadarm 2 robotic arm, and then installed…
Awesome Map of Space Agencies Around the World
When you think of space agencies around the world, what comes to mind? Probably NASA, ESA, ISRO and JAXA are…
Hayabusa 2 Mission Approved by Japanese Government
[/caption] In 2010, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa completed an exciting although nail-biting mission to the asteroid Itokawa, successfully returning samples…
Japan’s Trash-laden HTV-2 Undocks from ISS
[/caption] Japan's HTV-2 Kounotori resupply ship undocked from the International Space Station at 15.45 GMT on March 28, and will…
Perseus Cluster Thicker Around the Middle Than Thought
[/caption] The Japanese Suzaku X-ray telescope has just taken a close look at the Perseus galaxy cluster, and revealed it's…