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March 28, 2013
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said March 28 that it has delivered the world’s first helicopter satellite communication system to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency...
January 30, 2013
SEOUL--South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Jan. 30 amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea's successful launch ...
January 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--The United States is concerned about China's expanding ability to disrupt the most sensitive U.S. military and intelligence satellites, as Beijing pursues its...
January 07, 2013
NEC Corp. said Jan. 7 it is building a new assembly and testing facility for satellites at an existing space-technology plant in Fuchu, Tokyo.
January 04, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea will defy international condemnation and launch additional long-range rockets, building on the technical success of one in December, state media said.
December 22, 2012
SEOUL, South Korea--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the development of more powerful rockets after last week's successful launch of a satellite into space.
December 18, 2012
SEOUL--An unfamiliar person was placed next to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a national memorial service for his father, Kim Jong Il, on Dec. 16.
December 18, 2012
North Korean satellite launched into space last week appears to be malfunctioning but could remain in orbit for several years, a leading expert in the United States said Dec....
December 14, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea on Dec. 14 recovered debris from the long-range ballistic missile launched by North Korea to put a satellite in orbit.
December 13, 2012
North Korea defied world opinion and went ahead with its missile launch on Dec. 12.
December 13, 2012
Dec. 12, 2012, was a day of twelves, so to speak. The Western calendar will not show the same number for the year, month and day again until the 22nd century.
December 02, 2012
North Korea has a lot more than bravado riding on its announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
November 11, 2012
Under a bright sunny sky, I entered the Amazon jungle. The air was thick and heavy with humidity, the temperature 30 degrees Celsius. My ears reverberated with the clear,...
October 29, 2012
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--Scientists say a flattened section of the moon, 3,000 kilometers wide, was likely caused by a collision with an asteroid the size of Austria.
September 28, 2012
Japan's space agency is offering to use a high-resolution imaging satellite to monitor shipping near disputed islands, in the agency's first-ever maritime surveillance mission.
September 21, 2012
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean covered only 3.49 million square kilometers as of Sept. 16, the smallest area on record, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Sept. 20.
August 21, 2012
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is expected to shrink to a record level this summer, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Aug. 20.
July 18, 2012
QAANAAQ, Greenland--Greenland's ice sheets are melting extensively, even in some inland areas, according to an image generated from data obtained by a Japanese...
May 18, 2012
For the first time, a Japanese rocket has carried a foreign satellite into space.
April 13, 2012
SEOUL--North Korea admitted to its people on April 13 that its much hyped long-range rocket launch had ended in failure.