
Tokyo to New York in 60 Minutes Planned via Suborbital Flight
A Japanese startup, Innovative Space Carrier Inc., has unveiled plans for a suborbital space plane that could fly from Tokyo to New York in just 60 minutes.
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A Japanese startup, Innovative Space Carrier Inc., has unveiled plans for a suborbital space plane that could fly from Tokyo to New York in just 60 minutes.

Space-based solar power is moving closer to reality, with projects in Japan and the U.S. testing technology that could one day meet global energy needs.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has partnered with ArkEdge Space to study a low-Earth orbit satellite system as a resilient alternative to GNSS.

Amid major restructuring of U.S. space policy and NASA's budget, China's rapid advancements are fueling a new bipolar space race focused on the Moon and beyond.

Japanese satellite startup ArkEdge Space has signed agreements with institutions in Egypt, Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Angola to use satellite data for sustainable development.

The University of Hawaiʻi hosted an international symposium with Japanese experts to strengthen collaboration in space science and build a local tech workforce.

Japanese researchers have developed a powerful plasma thruster using fusion reactor technology to clean up hazardous space debris in Earth's orbit.

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a non-contact plasma engine that triples the deceleration force for removing space debris from orbit.

Japanese researchers have developed a new plasma engine that uses dual streams to deorbit space junk without contact, solving a key stability issue.