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June 2, 2008

Hayabusa reached the farthest deep space

Hayabusa stays at 2.5AU from Earth beyond Sun at the end of May 2008. When we see Hayabusa from Earth, it can be seen at the position of 12 degree apart from Sun. On the other hand Hayabusa should glance at Earth of 8 degree from Sun.

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December 07, 2007

open new window Hinode Featured in Science

The Forefront of Space Science

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September 30, 2008

Source of Solar Wind Revealed by HINODE

Taro SAKAO,Associate Professor, Basic Space Science Department, ISAS

The solar observation satellite HINODE successfully performed the first direct observation of the origin of the solar wind.

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November 10, 2003

Research on Balloons to Float Over 50km Altitude

Introducing the history of balloon development from research of the thermal adhesion machine started in 1991 until now. Dream of researchers is to reach as high as possible under the slogan “60km altitude” .