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People watch the H3 rocket launch early Tuesday in the town of Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2026
Japan launches probe in historic bid to collect sample from Mars moon
The five-year mission — the first to attempt to land on a Martian moon — could shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is seen in a "selfie" that it took over a rock nicknamed "Rochette," in September 2021.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 13, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance rover breaks record for off-planet driving on Mars
The rover reached the milestone 5??years into its mission to explore if conditions conducive to microbial life ever existed on Earth’s neighbor.
The propulsion module (back) and exploration and return modules (front), making up the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 13.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2026
Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October
The uncrewed Martian Moons eXploration probe may help unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.
Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, project manager of the Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, speaks to media in front of the MMX spacecraft at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2026
Japan aims for the moons of Mars
The uncrewed MMX, set to blast off from Tanegashima Space Center in the coming months, could also lay the groundwork for humans visiting the red planet.
Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, accompanied by his wife, Anna, walks outside a federal courthouse as the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI's for-profit conversion continues, in Oakland, California, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 6, 2026
Musk wanted $80 billion to colonize Mars, OpenAI president testifies at trial
OpenAI’s president said Elon Musk told him he deserved a majority stake in OpenAI and that he intended to ?use that stake to build a ?self-sustaining city on Mars.
A "selfie" taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, made up of 62 individual images, in July 2025.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 16, 2026
Huge ‘bathtub ring’ may show contours of ancient ocean on Mars
A new study builds on earlier evidence of a bygone Martian ocean including studies identifying features resembling an ancient shoreline.
NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2026
NASA’s moon mission tests aerospace old guard as SpaceX and Blue Origin hover
The mission is a key test of whether the agency’s traditional contractor-built systems can remain viable in a rapidly shifting space industry.
People photograph NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, on Pad 39B ahead of the Artemis II mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD
Mar 30, 2026
Why is NASA spending $100 billion to return to the moon? Depends on who you ask.
It could be a race with China, sustainability, or simply that the lunar surface is the next logical place for NASA to showcase its technological progress.
SpaceX is putting its plan of sending humans to Mars on hold to prioritize establishing a settlement on the moon, according to its billionaire founder, Elon Musk.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2026
SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to moon, Musk says
Critics have for years panned the billionaire’s Mars colonization plans as overambitious.
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off during a test flight in Starbase, Texas, on Oct. 13.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Musk’s Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
SpaceX is targeting a listing next year that could raise more than $25 ?billion at a valuation exceeding $1 ?trillion.
The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 13, 2025
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
The new sci-fi show was created with involvement of scientists and space experts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
Artemis II crew members, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, Mission Specialist Christina Koch of U.S., Pilot Victor Glover of U.S. and Commander Reid Wiseman of U.S., give a shout out to the NASA Crew-11 crew and their upcoming mission to the International Space Station during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2025
NASA opens SpaceX moon-lander contract to rival bids after Starship delays
The move paves the way for rivals such as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to snatch a high-profile mission to land the first astronauts on the moon in half a century.
Some of science’s most sensational claims were later debunked by skeptical scientists, showing how hype can overshadow facts but also how scrutiny keeps science reliable.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2025
Too many scientific ‘discoveries’ get discredited
Volunteer scientific sleuths play an important role in policing their fields.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover takes a selfie on July 23, with the rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls visible to the left. The feature is of interest to scientists studying signs of ancient microscopic life on the Red Planet.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2025
Crucial evidence about life on Mars is stuck — on Mars
To actually see what’s inside potential Martian life, scientists would need to bring samples back to Earth to study — a project NASA launched but has struggled to complete.
Flames rise as a SpaceX rocket explodes in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2025
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission
The company attributed the explosion to a “major anomaly” and said all personnel were safe.
Jared Isaacman, U.S. President Donald Trump's then-nominee to be NASA administrator, testifies during a Senate panel confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 9.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2025
Trump pulls Musk ally’s NASA nomination and will announce replacement
Isaacman’s removal comes just days after Musk’s official departure from the White House.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa speaks at a press briefing in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 17, 2025
Japan remains committed to moon missions as Trump cuts NASA budget, JAXA chief says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA’s budget could upend the Artemis program to return people to the moon.
Jared Isaacman (left), U.S. President Trump’s nominee to head NASA, testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2025
NASA nominee should resist Musk’s pull toward Mars
During a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Jared Isaacman, the nominee for NASA administrator, was — in a twist on the Will Smith ’90s tune — gettin’ squishy wit it.
A mars rock is packed before transport from the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo to Osaka, where it will be displayed at the 2025 World Exposition, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2025
Mars rock transported from Tokyo for Osaka Expo
The rock will be shown at the government’s Japan Pavilion at the expo.
Debris streaking through the sky after SpaceX's Starship spacecraft tumbled and exploded in space, in Big Sampson Kay, The Bahamas, Thursday, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2025
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in space and rains debris over Caribbean
The failure of the eighth Starship test comes just over a month after the seventh also ended in an explosion.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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