Space Exploration and Technology

Images related to aerospace technology, including press conferences, models of spacecraft, and international collaboration on satellite projects, set in professional and informative tones.

jsc2020e049619 (2/4/2020) --- A preflight view of the three BIRDS-4 Flight units inside clean room of Kyushu Insitute of Technology. The Joint Global Multi Nation Birds or BIRDS-4 Project is a constellation of three 1U CubeSats developed by Japan, Philippines and Paraguay, with Paraguay launching their first satellite. The mission of the BIRDS-4 satellites is to test commercial off-the-shelf components, as well as new technologies in space. Image
jsc2020e049619 (2/4/2020) --- A preflight view of the three BIRDS-4 Flight units inside clean room of Kyushu Insitute of Technology. The Joint Global Multi Nation Birds or BIRDS-4 Project is a constellation of three 1U CubeSats developed by Japan, Philippines and Paraguay, with Paraguay launching their first satellite. The mission of the BIRDS-4 satellites is to test commercial off-the-shelf components, as well as new technologies in space. Image
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency briefing, Japanese Experiment Module Program Manager Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (right) explains how the Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module will fit with the other segments on the International Space Station. The final segment of the Kibo laboratory will be delivered to the space station on the STS-124 mission, which is scheduled to launch May 31.
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Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agencys Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, speaks to members of the media during a press conference ahead of the Crew-1 launch, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch at 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Oskar Ask at his calculator Loga Calculator.
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jsc2020e049619 (2/4/2020) --- A preflight view of the three BIRDS-4 Flight units inside clean room of Kyushu Insitute of Technology. The Joint Global Multi Nation Birds or BIRDS-4 Project is a constellation of three 1U CubeSats developed by Japan, Philippines and Paraguay, with Paraguay launching their first satellite. The mission of the BIRDS-4 satellites is to test commercial off-the-shelf components, as well as new technologies in space. Image