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JAXA

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, runs Japan’s space programme and its national aeronautics research. It was formed in 2003 by merging the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan and the National Space Development Agency of Japan. Its missions include the SELENE lunar orbiter, the SLIM lunar lander and the Hayabusa asteroid missions, with Hayabusa returning samples in 2010. It launched BepiColombo with the European Space Agency in 2018 and Martian Moons eXploration in October 2026. It launches the H3 rocket from Tanegashima and is one of the five agencies that run the International Space Station.

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  1. Crew-7 Launch: First Dragon Flight With Four Agencies Aboard

    SpaceX

  2. How the ISS Works: Air, Cooling, Power and Debris Defence

    National Geographic

  3. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DW Documentary

  4. Inside the ISS: How the Station Is Built, Powered and Lived In

    SLICE Science

  5. How the ISS Will Be Destroyed at Point Nemo in 2030

    The B1M

  6. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    Classic Aerospace History

  7. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    Free Documentary – Space

  8. Space Stations from Salyut 1 to Tiangong and Beyond

    Supernova

  9. ISS Module Tour: Columbus, Kibo, Destiny and Zvezda in POV

    NASA

  10. Kakushin Rising: Electron Deploys Eight JAXA Satellites to Orbit

    Rocket Lab

  11. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    Free Documentary – Space

  12. Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

    Scott Manley
Play video: Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

Scott Manley

Duration 33:09

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  2. Kakushin Rising: Electron Deploys Eight JAXA Satellites to Orbit

    Launch coverageRocket Lab · 1:14:40

    Mission: Kakushin Rising (2026)

  3. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 52:17

  4. Crew-7 Launch: First Dragon Flight With Four Agencies Aboard

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 1:34:30

    Mission: Crew-7 (2023)

  6. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 51:20

    Mission: Crew-2 (2021)

  8. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DocumentaryDW Documentary · 28:26

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  9. How the ISS Will Be Destroyed at Point Nemo in 2030

    DocumentaryThe B1M · 32:29

    Mission: International Space Station deorbit

  11. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 1:13:57

  12. How the ISS Works: Air, Cooling, Power and Debris Defence

    DocumentaryNational Geographic · 44:25

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