January 4, 2008 Updated
"Expect more from JAXA in 2008"
New Year's Greetings from President Tachikawa
In 2008, JAXA hopes to achieve more with new ideas.For us at JAXA, this New Year can be called a "dawn year" for the Japanese to make further advancements in space as the Japanese experiment module will be attached to the International Space Station and three Japanese astronauts are scheduled to fly to space. In addition, we would like to contribute to a safe and peaceful society through the utilization of space such as the use of our satellites for environmental problems and disaster preparations.
Furthermore, we would like to work on new Moon and asteroid exploration missions for the future. JAXA has high hopes for its activities in 2008.