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Odor-free clothing a fashion statement on the ISS

Harshpaul — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:42 +0000

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata is about to start a fashion revolution – in space. The astronaut is testing new clothes developed by Yoshiko Taya and colleagues at the Japan Women’s University in Tokyo. These clothes have been created to...

Lunar eclipse from the moon: A view to kill!

Gagandeep — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:03:42 +0000

An eclipse is one of those rare events that make you want to stare at the sky without blinking (the others being alien invasions and women in hot balloons). Comparing the frequency with which the lunar eclipse occurs against the solar, you might...

Harnessing Solar Energy infront Of The Sun

Neha Mahajan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:51:20 +0000

Picture this, fiery laser beams shooting to various parts of the earth. No there are no meteors expected neither is this a description of war of the worlds part 2. This is something that all the solar energy enthusiasts should have done long...

JAXA recommends canceling Japan's Maiden Trip to Moon

Anupam — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:33:15 +0000

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) is making plans to cancel their maiden moon mission that was scheduled more than a decade ago. The mission has suffered major delays and now the mission’s mother ship needs some repair. The repair...

Asteroid Probe Will Return to Earth 3 Years Later Than Scheduled

Irani — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:08:42 +0000

The attempt to bring back the first ever rock samples from an asteroid has failed severely. And the Japanese space probe will likely stay in space for three years longer than planned, Japan’s space agency informed. The probe apparently...

Reminiscence of the Hayabusa-Itokawa Story

Irani — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:48:18 +0000

After struggling through a series of failures, since its lift-of, Hayabusa’s two reaction wheels were lost, one on July 31st and another on October 3rd. But, its attitude has been maintained by a single wheel together with the chemical...

First-ever Asteroid Sampling Mission 'Probably' Failed

Irani — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:28:14 +0000

With all efforts and perseverance, the Japanese still failed to collect the first-ever samples from an asteroid, even after collecting it. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) seems to be losing all hopes of the mission being successful....

Japanese Probe Hit by Technical Fault After Asteroid Mission

Irani — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:44:25 +0000

After a series of alternate successes and failures, the Hayabusa probe was claimed to have collected samples from the Itokawa asteroid. It was the first probe ever to collect samples from an asteroid. I did not go wrong with the tense when I...

Space-probe Collects First Samples from Asteroid

Irani — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:58:11 +0000

At last the operation went without failure. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s space probe was successful. The Hayabusa spaceprobe has snatched samples from the asteroid Itokawa, according to JAXA. At 0707 Japanese time (2207 GMT...