Editing JAXA (section)

{{Short description|Japan's national air and space agency}}
{{About|Japan's space agency||Jaxa (disambiguation)}}<!-- For consistency of spelling. Many of JAXA facilities use 'center', not 'centre' (per [[MOS:ENGVAR]] [[MOS:RETAIN]]). -->
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{{Infobox Space agency
| name          = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
| native_name_a = {{lang|ja|宇宙航空研究開発機構}}
| native_name_r = {{transliteration|ja|Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō}}
| acronym       = JAXA ({{lang|ja|ジャクサ}})
| logo          = Jaxa logo.svg
| logo_size     = 220px
| type          = [[National Research and Development Agency (Japan)|National Research and Development Agency]]
| owner         = [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]
| motto         = ''One JAXA''
| URL           = {{URL|https://global.jaxa.jp/}}
| established   = {{start date and age|df=y|2003|10|1}}
| preceding1    = [[National Space Development Agency|NASDA]]
| preceding2    = [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]]
| preceding3    = [[National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan|NAL]]
| jurisdiction  = [[Government of Japan]]
| headquarters  = [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]], [[Tokyo]], Japan
| spaceport     = [[Tanegashima Space Center]]
| administrator = {{ill|Hiroshi Yamakawa (space engineer)|lt=Hiroshi Yamakawa|ja|山川宏 (宇宙工学者)}}
| budget        = {{JP¥|215.5 billion|link=yes}} ({{US$|1.46 billion|link=no}}) (FY2023)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jaxa.jp/about/transition/index_j.html | title=Transition | website=JAXA }}</ref>
}}

The {{nihongo|'''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|{{literal translation|[[Japanese National Research and Development Agencies|National Research and Development Agency]] Aerospace Research and Development Organisation}}}} is the [[Japan]]ese national [[Aeronautics|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 [[satellite]]s into [[Geocentric orbit|orbit]], and is involved in many more advanced missions such as [[asteroid]] exploration and possible human [[exploration of the Moon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/sep/15/spaceexploration.japan |title=Japan launches biggest moon mission since Apollo landings |access-date=16 September 2007 |work=guardian.co.uk/science | location=London | first=Justin | last=McCurry | date=15 September 2007}}</ref> Its motto is ''One JAXA''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaxa.jp/article/interview/vol21/p2_e.html|title=JAXA – Keiji Tachikawa – JAXA in 2006 -|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-date=17 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517153220/http://www.jaxa.jp/article/interview/vol21/p2_e.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and its corporate slogan is ''Explore to Realize'' (formerly ''Reaching for the skies, exploring space'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/10/20131009_jaxa_e.html|title=JAXA – New JAXA Philosophy and Corporate Slogan|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191850/http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/10/20131009_jaxa_e.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>