Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Japanese research institute

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October 7 2024	Planned launch of Hera, a spacecraft for asteroid observation in collaboration with ESA.
September 6 2023	Simultaneous launch of two spacecraft: XRISM for X-ray astronomy and SLIM for lunar landing demonstration.
April 14 2023	Launch of JUICE, a spacecraft for Ganymede exploration in collaboration with ESA and NASA.
October 20 2018	Launch of Mio (MMO), a spacecraft for exploring Mercury as part of the BepiColombo mission with ESA.
December 20 2016	Launch of Arase (previously ERG), a spacecraft for magnetosphere research.
February 17 2016	Launch of Hitomi (previously ASTRO-H), a spacecraft for X-ray astronomy.
December 3 2014	Launch of Hayabusa2, an asteroid sample return mission.
September 14 2013	Launch of Hisaki (previously SPRINT-A), a spacecraft for EUV observation.
2010	Name changed back to the previous Japanese name, continuing to be responsible for space-based astronomy and lunar and planetary exploration missions under JAXA.
May 20 2010	Launch of Akatsuki (previously PLANET-C), a spacecraft for Venus atmosphere observation.

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