Mission Websites

Check these sites for more information about each mission, mission news and updates!
(This list focusses on missions covered in the ‘Cosmos’ blog. For a complete list, please see the ISAS website.)

Overview of ISAS missions (.pdf). Created July 2018.

Currently flying:

Hayabusa2: Sample return mission from asteroid Ryugu
Now on the extended mission for a flyby of asteroid Torifumi, and rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26
日本語 & EN

Mercury magnetospheric orbiter, Mio (BepiColombo)
Joint mission with the ESA to Mercury
日本語 & EN

Hera: Binary asteroid system exploration (ESA-led mission with JAXA participation)
日本語 & EN

JUICE: JUpiter Icy moons Explorer (ESA-led mission with JAXA participation)
日本語 & EN

Akatsuki: Venus orbiter studying the planet’s atmosphere
日本語 & EN

X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM): X-ray space observatory to study the high energy Universe
日本語 & EN

Upcoming:

Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) mission
Sample return mission to the moons of Mars (scheduled launch FY 2026)
日本語 & EN (and associated news blog: also bilingual)

SOLAR-C 
High-sensitivity Solar Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Satellite
日本語 & EN

DESTINY+
Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science
日本語/EN

Past:

SLIM: Smart Lander for Investigating Moon
Lunar landing January 20, 2024
日本語 

SELENE (Kaguya): Lunar orbiter mission from 2007 – 2009
日本語 & EN

  • SELENE data archive (for researchers): 日本語 & EN
  • Kaguya 3D Moon Nav (explore the Moon in 3D with Kaguya data): 日本語 & EN

Departments:

Astromaterials Science Research Group (ASRG) 
JAXA curation for extraterrestrial samples
日本語 & EN

JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSEC) 日本語 & EN
For international collaborative missions for human exploration to the Moon and deep space.

Data ARchives and Transmission System (DARTS): Open space science data archive
日本語 & EN