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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 28, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 28, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 28, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Dec 8, 2017

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

Art Azarbarzin, NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) project manager talks during a technical briefing for...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 25, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

Masahiro Kojima, GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar project manager, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 26, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

A daruma doll is seen on the desk of Masahiro Kojima, GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar project manager, Japan...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 25, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) team members wash their hands before praying at the Houman Shrine, the...

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NASA image: NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 crewmembers pose for a portrait
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Feb 24, 2025

NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 crewmembers pose for a portrait

jsc2025e011333 (Feb. 24, 2025) --- NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 crewmembers pose for a portrait in front of the Crew-10...

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NASA image: Expedition 54 Press Conference
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Dec 16, 2017

Expedition 54 Press Conference

Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) answers a question...

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NASA image: Expedition 38 State Commission
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Nov 6, 2013

Expedition 38 State Commission

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) President Naoki Okumura talks during the State Commission meeting to...

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NASA image: View of Island of Kyushu, Japan from Skylab
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Jan 7, 1974

View of Island of Kyushu, Japan from Skylab

SL4-139-3942 (7 Jan. 1974) --- This oblique view of the Island of Kyushu, Japan, was taken from the Earth-orbiting...

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NASA image: Typhoon Neoguri
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Dec 8, 2017

Typhoon Neoguri

The MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured Typhoon Neoguri in the Pacific Ocean at 02:05 UTC (10:05 PM...

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NASA image: City lights outline southern Japan from Fukuoka to Tokyo
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Sep 14, 2025

City lights outline southern Japan from Fukuoka to Tokyo

iss073e0824492 (Sept. 14, 2025) --- In this oblique view from the International Space Station, city lights outline...

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NASA image: Expedition 54 Soyuz Rollout
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Dec 15, 2017

Expedition 54 Soyuz Rollout

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module is ready to be offloaded from the ship that carried it from Japan. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) built the laboratory at the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo. The Pressurized Module is the first element of the JEM, Japan’s primary contribution to the space station, to be delivered to KSC. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional shirt-sleeve environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes two logistics modules, an exposed pallet for space environment experiments and a robotic manipulator system that are still under construction in Japan. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three space shuttle missions.
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May 30, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module is ready to be offloaded from the ship that carried it from Japan. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) built the laboratory at the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo. The Pressurized Module is the first element of the JEM, Japan’s primary contribution to the space station, to be delivered to KSC. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional shirt-sleeve environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes two logistics modules, an exposed pallet for space environment experiments and a robotic manipulator system that are still under construction in Japan. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three space shuttle missions.

NASA image: NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA
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Apr 7, 2022

NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, shows some of the models of spacecraft and satellites in his office, to...

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NASA image: Heads of Agency Panel at Space Symposium
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Apr 6, 2022

Heads of Agency Panel at Space Symposium

Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa, President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) speaks in a Heads of Agency panel during...

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NASA image: NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA
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Apr 7, 2022

NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA

President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Hiroshi Yamakawa, left, and NASA Administrator Bill...

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NASA image: NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA
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Apr 7, 2022

NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, speaks with President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),...

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NASA image: 70th International Astronautical Congress
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Oct 21, 2019

70th International Astronautical Congress

Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), speaks during the Heads of Agency...

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NASA image: NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA
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Apr 7, 2022

NASA Admin Bill Nelson Meets with Representatives from JAXA

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, shows some of the models of spacecraft and satellites in his office, to...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, the Consul General of Japan Ko Kodaira, his daughter Reiko, astronaut Dr. Takao Doi, and Kodaira's wife Marie pause for a photograph in the Space Station Processing Facility during their visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Doi represented Japan on Space Shuttle mission STS-87, the fourth U.S Microgravity Payload flight. Kodaira is touring the facilities at KSC at the invitation of the local office of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) to acquaint him with KSC's unique processing capabilities.
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Aug 26, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, the Consul General of Japan Ko Kodaira, his daughter Reiko, astronaut Dr. Takao Doi, and Kodaira's wife Marie pause for a photograph in the Space Station Processing Facility during their visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Doi represented Japan on Space Shuttle mission STS-87, the fourth U.S Microgravity Payload flight. Kodaira is touring the facilities at KSC at the invitation of the local office of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) to acquaint him with KSC's unique processing capabilities.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, the Consul General of Japan Ko Kodaira, his daughter Reiko, astronaut Dr....

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 22, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

NASA GPM Test Conductors, Michelle Lacombe, left, and Bill Dehaven participate in an all-day launch simulation for...

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NASA image: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
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Feb 22, 2014

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

NASA GPM Test Conductors John Pope, and, Michelle Lacombe talk during the all-day launch simulation for the Global...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module is ready to be offloaded from...

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