Space Exploration

NASA negotiating to buy space shuttle successor from Japan (Deutsche Welle)

20 Jul 2008

A Japanese newspaper is reporting that NASA has begun negotiating with Japan's space agency to purchase a Japanese spacecraft to replace the space shuttle.

'Japanese replacement for shuttle' (Channel 4)

20 Jul 2008

The Yomiuri newspaper reported Nasa has begun negotiating with Japan's space agency to purchase a Japanese spacecraft to replace the space shuttle. The newspaper says US officials have been in unofficial talks with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency about buying the H-2 Transfer Vehicle, or HTV.

NASA eyes buying Japan's cargo spacecraft: paper (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

20 Jul 2008

NASA has began unofficial negotiations with Japan's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft as the successor to its space shuttles, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday.