日本宇宙航空研究开发机构

太空飞船第一次在小行星上两次触地回弹时，已经获取了少量的碎片，所以日本宇宙航空研究开发机构的研究小组现在正尝试让飞船返回地球。

A small amount of debris may have been captured as the spacecraft bounced off the asteroid in the first of two touchdowns , so the JAXA team is now attempting to steer it back to earth .

搭乘“龙”飞船“坚韧”太空舱前往国际空间站的宇航员分别为NASA宇航员迈克尔·霍普金斯、维克托·格洛弗、香农·沃克以及日本宇宙航空研究开发机构宇航员野口聪一。

NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins , Victor Glover , and Shannon Walker , and astronaut Soichi Noguchi , of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , are aboard the capsule Resilience .

与此同时，由日本宇宙航空研究开发机构的吉川真领导的“隼鸟2号”任务，造访了一颗形状类似饺子的小行星（Ryugu“龙宫”），并准备将采集的样本带回地球。

Meanwhile , Makoto Yoshikawa led the Hayabusa2 mission at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to visit a dumpling-shaped asteroid to collect samples and then return them to Earth .

日本宇宙航空研究开发机构的科学家试图测试一种电动“缆绳”——由一家渔网公司协助开发——来降低环绕地球的垃圾的速度，把它们带到更低的轨道上。

Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ) were trying to test an electrodynamic ' tether ' -- created with the help of a fishing net company -- to slow down the orbiting rubbish and bring it into a lower orbit .