JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was born through the merger of three institutions, namely the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).

Created: 2018-11-22

Updated: 2023-03-05

Company - JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Founded
Country: 2003; Japan

Website: JAXA

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Product/Service - HSRC (HTV Small Re-entry Capsule), HTV, HTV-X

Classification: Cargo Transportation & Landers

Category: Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Fields: Space Capsule

Status: Demonstrated

First launch: 2018

HTV Small Re-entry Capsule (HSRC)

Small re-entry capsule to return payloads from ISS.

Aiming for both practical use for sample return from the ISS including basic technological demonstration of a re-entry vehicle, JAXA has been developing the HTV Small Re-entry Capsule (HSRC) since 2014.

After being subjected to a technical demonstration test and recovered off the coast of Minami-Tori-shima island, Japan, the HTV Small Re-entry Capsule (HSRC) was presented to journalists at JAXA Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) on November 27, 2018.

On November 11, 2018, after the capsule re-entered the atmosphere, the lift guiding operation was started at 06:42 (JST). Its parachute was deployed at 06:50 at an altitude of about 15 km and the capsule splashed down to the sea at 07:04. The required acceleration during the lift-guided flight was initially set at less than 4 G, and an evaluation showed that the actual acceleration was 3.5 G.

HTV

HTV-X

Microgravity Science

JAXA Protein Crystal Growth on the International Space Station.

Since the beginning of utilization of Russian service module, 30 space experiments were performed until 2018. Due to the long experience and technological consideration as well as verification and improvement of sampling situations and optimization of crystallization solution on th ground, many higher-quality crystals than on the ground had been acquired (see the breakdown inTable 1). Of those of which the structures were unknown at the beginning of the collaborative research with JAXA, 11 structures were determined. Also complex structure of proteins with compounds were figured out for the first time in more than 20 structures. Moreover, data collection of 12 kinds of samples was performed for the first time in the space experiment.

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[1] https://global.jaxa.jp/

[2] http://www.parabolicarc.com/2020/06/04/new-htv-x-resupply-ship-to-be-more-capable-affordable/

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