The Japanese space program (Japanese: 日本の宇宙開発) originated in the mid-1950s as a research group led by Hideo Itokawa at the University of Tokyo. The size...

European Space Agency programmes and missions Japanese space program British space programme – Official efforts to develop space capabilities Chinese space program –...

The (Japanese) Lunar Exploration Program (Japanese: 月探査計画, romanized: tsuki tansa keikaku) is a program of robotic and human missions to the Moon undertaken...

The National Space Development Agency of Japan (宇宙開発事業団, Uchū Kaihatsu Jigyōdan), or NASDA, was a Japanese national space agency established on October...

The Japan Module, also known as the Kibō successor module, is a commercial space module for scientific research being studied by the Japanese space agency...

missions. He is the first Japanese astronaut who was part of an official Japanese space program. The first Japanese person in space, Toyohiro Akiyama, was...

and Space Administration (NASA /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics...

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which...

The space program of the Philippines is currently maintained by the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) together with various agencies under the Department...

Agency Aerospace Research and Development Organisation') is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent...

to outer space, exploitation of space systems, and/or space exploration. The listings summarize all countries' and regional authorities' space agencies...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 23-member international organization devoted to space exploration. With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of...

Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research. Originating from the Soviet space program founded in the 1950s, Roscosmos...

Space Dandy, stylized as Space☆Dandy (Japanese: スペース☆ダンディ, Hepburn: Supēsu Dandi), is a 2014 Japanese comic science fiction anime television series produced...

2025). "Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of June 5 touchdown". Space. Samantha Mathewson (2 June 2025). "Private Japanese spacecraft...

of the last great space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. China's space program is conducted largely in secret, and Japan's modest achievements...

Supersonic Aerodynamics (AVSA) research group in the early days of the Japanese space program. A prominent engineer on the project was Hideo Itokawa. The rocket...

habitation facilities. The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program. Most often space stations have been research stations, but they...

programme, while the European Union and Japan have also planned future crewed space missions. The two primary global programs gaining traction in the 2020s are...

The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established...

was a Japanese 8 meter diameter radio telescope satellite which was used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). It was the first such space-borne...

Space Battleship Yamato (Japanese: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト, Hepburn: Uchū Senkan Yamato; also called Cosmoship Yamato and Star Blazers) is a Japanese science fiction...

agency responsible for space policy and programs. It was formed on 29 February 1992, and was based on the Soviet space program infrastructure that remained...

Washington, and Paris. The origins of the Canadian upper atmosphere and space program can be traced back to the end of the Second World War. Between 1945...

launch of the first Japanese satellites. Japan was a participant in plans for the Space Shuttle program as well as the proposed Space Station Freedom (later...

catalog or observing program Celestial object – acronyms for natural objects in space and for adjectives applied to objects in space Instrumentation – telescope...

solar panel arrays for space satellites in the Japanese space program have been Miura folded before launch and then spread out in space. A folded Miura fold...

from the station, to utilisation of space and crew time. In March 2010, the International Space Station Program Managers from each of the five partner...

LEO-project. French space program British space programme – Official efforts to develop space capabilities Chinese space program – Space program of the People's...

Schenectady, New York. 9 September 1990. "Pipe explosion sets back Japanese space program". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. 11 August 1991. p. 13A. "Stor...