Japanese Space Program

Japanese Space Program


Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
宇宙航空研究開発機構

Reaching for the skies, exploring space
Owner Japan
Established 1 October 2003
(Successor agency to NASDA 1969–2003, ISAS 1981–2003 and NAL 1955–2003)
Headquarters Chōfu, Tokyo
Primary spaceport Tanegashima Space Center
Motto One JAXA
Administrator Keiji Tachikawa
Budget ¥229 billion/ $2.46 billion (FY2010)
Website www.jaxa.jp

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (独立行政法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, Dokuritsu-gyōsei-hōjin Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō?, literally "Independent Administrative Institution on Aerospace Research and Development "), or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. Its motto is One JAXA and its corporate slogan is Reaching for the skies, exploring space.

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