JAXA

6 missions

Hayabusa2

JAXA2014-2020Asteroid sampling

Japans second asteroid sample return mission. Visited Ryugu, a diamond-shaped asteroid. Fired a copp...

Hayabusa

JAXA2003-2010Asteroid sampling

The first mission to return material from an asteroid, though it nearly failed completely. Suffered ...

Akatsuki

JAXA2010Venus orbit

Failed to enter Venus orbit in 2010 when its main engine died. Engineers kept it alive in solar orbi...

IKAROS

JAXA2010Solar sail demonstration

The first spacecraft propelled primarily by a solar sail in deep space. Its square sail, 14 meters o...

SLIM

JAXA2023-2024Moon pinpoint landing

The first Japanese Moon landing, in January 2024. Demonstrated pinpoint targeting, touching down wit...

Kaguya

JAXA2007-2009Moon orbit

The most advanced lunar orbiter of its generation. Its HDTV cameras filmed the Earth rising over the...