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ADRAS-J mission. PR photo, Astroscale

Astroscale has successfully launched the world's first spacecraft to monitor space debris * will meet with a faulty Japanese satellite

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The ADRAS-J mission, which was launched into space to locate a piece of malfunctioning satellite 11 meters long and weighing 3 tons, will set new standards in the field of arrival and active removal of space debris, as well as in the provision of service to malfunctioning satellites in orbit around the Earth.
The Phi-Colombo spacecraft near the planet Hema. Figure: European Space Agency ESA

Europe launched the space probe by Columbus to the planet Mercury

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Imaging of the Akatsuki probe in the vicinity of Venus. Source: JAXA

The Japanese probe "Akatsuki" entered orbit around Venus, five years after a failed attempt

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A complex and challenging task. The spacecraft landed on the asteroid. Image: Japanese space agency JAXA

This morning, Japan launched the Yabusa-2 spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid

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An artist's illustration of the Phi-Colombo spacecraft orbiting Mercury. Illustration: Astrium Company

One of two European-Japanese spacecraft to fly to Mercury in 2016 begins testing phase

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The launch of the HTV-4 cargo spacecraft of the Japanese Space Agency, 4/8/13. Screenshot from NASA TV

A Japanese cargo spacecraft was launched to the space station with a talking robot on board

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The Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki lost its way to Venus

The Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter orbit around Venus

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Logo of the IAC conference in Prague 2010

The heads of the world's space agencies call for cooperation in space

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Artist's impression of the Yabusa spacecraft descending with a payload containing a sample from the asteroid Itokawa. Image: JPL/NASA

Vigilance for the inspection of the cargo brought by the Yabosa spacecraft from the asteroid Itokawa

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Artist's impression of a robotic lunar base. JAXA figure

Japan wants to build a robotic base on the moon by 2020

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The orbit of Themis in the asteroid belt, Themis is one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt. Illustration: Josh Emery, University of Tennessee in Knoxville

Researchers have found water and organic matter on the asteroid Themis

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Lunar crater from Wikipedia (Daedalus crater on the far side of the moon). No picture of the crater in question was published in the article

Scientists from the Japanese space agency find a window into a lava cave on the moon

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The Yabosa spacecraft will simulate an asteroid crash on Earth

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to transmit energy from the sky

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The third and final spacewalk of the Discovery crew has ended

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Transportation in space - a new growing industry

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Boomerang also works in space

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The launch of the "Kizona" communication satellite was successfully completed

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The launch of the Japanese communication satellite for super-fast internet transmission has been successfully completed

The launch of the Japanese communication satellite "Kizuna" has been postponed

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Today Japan was supposed to launch its communications satellite into space, but problems with the H-2A launcher forced the launch to be postponed

Japan will launch "Kizuna", a communications satellite for super-fast internet transmission

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The whole country is waiting for February 15, the date on which the Japanese Space Agency is supposed to launch the satellite

The Yabusa spaceship is ready to return to Earth

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Updates from the Yabusa spacecraft

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All the news about the Yabusa project

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Yabusa's return to Earth has been postponed to 2010

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