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Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States blast off to the International Space Station on Monday, bringing with them promises of ‘space sushi’ and ‘tweets’ from the cosmos.

Sometime in fiscal 2011, astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS) will have a little aquatic company: two tanks of killifish.

I've been thinking about sex in space. Not from any interest in a potential new porn genre, or because I've got a chance of joining the 62-mile-high club any time soon. No, my concerns are loftier even than that: I'm worried about the future of humanity

By 2015, the Japanese government hopes to test a satellite decked out with solar panels that beams power through space and back to Earth.

A group of experts held an inaugural meeting here to discuss how Japan should explore the moon following the formulation of a national space development project in June that underlined the country's ambition to send its first manned moon probe

A total solar eclipse will take place on July 22nd, and it will be somewhat visible in certain areas of Japan. Folks in Okinawa, Yakushima and the Tokara Islands should get a pretty nice view.

Astronauts will test the new underwear that is meant to be worn for 7 days without smelling!

President Kim Jong-il announced today that North Korea would not send a satellite into orbit in April as originally planned, but will substitute the payload with a chicken. The communist government's sudden reversal of policy suggests a new tone of diplomacy with its Eastern neighbors.

The mosquito did not get any food and was subjected to extreme temperatures ranging from minus 150 degrees Celsius in the shade to plus 60 degrees in the sunlight.

Suzaku satellite: If you visit a zoo, you can see many different kinds of animals and learn their diverse behaviours. As well as a zoo on the earth, there is a "heavenly zoo" where you can see many different kinds of celestial objects and learn their diverse characteristics. That is the center of our Milky way, the " Galactic center ".

Naoko Yamazaki, mother of a 6-year-old girl, has been picked as a crew member of the space shuttle Atlantis. According to Japan's space agency, the 37-year-old Yamazaki will be the country's first mom to go into space.

Japanese precision machinery manufacturer Castem has sent nine origami space shuttles to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) office in Houston, it was announced on October 7. If all goes as planned, the paper planes will conduct experimental flights from the space station to Earth early next year.

A Japanese businessman who trained for a 10-day flight aboard the International Space Station has sued US$21 million.

One small step for man, 1 billion steps for China....

Celestis Inc., a U.S. "space burial" service, has scheduled a post-cremation memorial spaceflight for the ashes of 208 people from around the world, including 63 from Japan.