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International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). It is the first space station built, maintained and crewed through international cooperation and the largest human spacecraft ever constructed. It is an orbital research station, where scientific experiments in microgravity are conducted and the space environment is studied. Since 2 November 2000, it has hosted the longest continuous presence of humans in space. Alongside Tiangong, it is one of the only two currently operational space stations.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Kibo
Japanese module of the International Space Station
Mitsubishi Electric
Japanese electronics and electrical equipments manufacturing company
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Japanese company
H-II Transfer Vehicle
retired Japanese automated cargo spacecraft
Hideo Itokawa
Japanese aerospace engineer (1912-1999)
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
Japanese satellite navigation system
Mu
series of Japanese solid-fueled carrier rockets
Lambda
series of Japanese rockets
Kawasaki Aerospace Systems Company
Japanese company division
Hideo Shima
Japanese engineer (1901–1998)
HTV-X
HTV-X, also known as the , is a Japanese cargo spacecraft of JAXA. Designed as the successor to the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions, it was first launched on 26 October 2025.
Information Gathering Satellite
Japanese spy satellite program
Space One
Japanese rocket company
JSAT Corporation
first private Japanese satellite operator
Pencil Rocket
Japanese sounding rocket
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Japanese research institute
Japanese space program
space program of Japan
Interstellar Technologies
Japanese rocket company
CALLISTO
thumb|Overview of the architecture of CALLISTO CALLISTO (Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in Stage Toss-back Operations) is a reusable VTVL demonstrator propelled by a small 40 kN Japanese LOX-LH2 rocket engine. It is being developed jointly by the French (CNES), German (DLR), and Japanese (JAXA) national space agencies. thumb|Simulation of mass flow around CALLISTO thumb|Early illustration of CALLISTO thumb|Model of CALLISTO at Paris Air Show 2025 The goals for CALLISTO are to mature and demonstrate the technologies which are necessary to build and operate a reusable launch v
Japan Spaceguard Association
company
Japanese Lunar Exploration Program
Program of missions to the moon by JAXA
S-Series (rocket family)
Japanese rocket fleet
Birds-1
thumb|Birds project logo