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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
宇宙航空研究開発機構 Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō
Agency overview
Abbreviation
JAXA (ジャクサ)
Formed
1 October 2003; 20 years ago (2003-10-01)
Preceding agencies
NASDA
ISAS
NAL
Type
Space agency
Jurisdiction
Government of Japan
Headquarters
Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
Motto
One JAXA
Administrator
Hiroshi Yamakawa [ja]
Primary spaceport
Tanegashima Space Center
Owner
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Annual budget
¥212.4 billion (US$4.14 billion) (FY2021)[1]
Website
global.jaxa.jp
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, Kokuritsu-kenkyū-kaihatsu-hōjin Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō, lit.'National Research and Development Agency Aerospace Research and Development Organisation') is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions such as asteroid exploration and possible human exploration of the Moon.[2] Its motto is One JAXA[3] and its corporate slogan is Explore to Realize (formerly Reaching for the skies, exploring space).[4]
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^McCurry, Justin (15 September 2007). "Japan launches biggest moon mission since Apollo landings". guardian.co.uk/science. London. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
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