ScienceDaily
One Asteroid Strike May Explain Two Mysteries of Mars’ Moon Deimos
A single asteroid smack may explain Deimos's crater and dusty coat - just in time for JAXA's MMX mission to go poke around.
2026-08-27
ScienceDaily
2026-08-22
TechCrunch
Japanese Startup Lets Its Hybrid Rockets Fly on Plastic and Rubber, Raises $16M to Prove It
Japanese startup Letara raises $16M to expand from satellite thrusters to full-blown hybrid rockets, using plastic and rubber as fuel - because why not turn trash into thrust?
2026-08-11
SpaceNews
Japan's H3 Rocket Finally Nails a Launch, Because Practice Makes Perfect (Eventually)
Japan's H3 rocket successfully launches a navigation satellite, proving that persistence pays off - and that typhoons can't stop progress, just delay it.
2026-07-09
SpaceNews
Singapore's New Space Agency Signs First Deal, Promises to Be 'Very Good at Choosing What We Need'
Singapore's space agency signs its first deal with Japan, vowing to build a satellite-focused industry while acknowledging it can't do rockets.
2026-07-07
Ars Technica
Two Asteroids Walk Into a Solar System... No, Really, Two Entirely Separate Asteroid Missions Happened This Weekend
Japan's Hayabusa2 and China's Tianwen-2 both had asteroid flybys this weekend, because apparently space rocks are the new fireworks.
2026-06-13
SpaceNews
Japan's H3 Rocket Returns to Flight, Proves It Can Orbit Things Without Exploding Them
Japan's H3 rocket successfully launches six satellites after previous failure involved a satellite falling off, proving that persistence pays off in rocketry.
2026-05-10
SpaceNews
ESA and JAXA Formally Agree to Go Poke That Asteroid That's Definitely Not Going to Hit Us in 2029
ESA and JAXA sign a deal to study an asteroid that will buzz Earth in 2029, because nothing brings humanity together like a big space rock that definitely, probably won't kill us.
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