N'ụbọchị mbụ nke ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 2003, e jikọtara ụlọ ọrụ atọ iji mepụta JAXA ọhụrụ: Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL), na National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). E guzobere JAXA dị ka ụlọ ọrụ nchịkwa nke onwe ya nke Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) na Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) na-elekọta. Tupu njikọta ahụ, ISAS bụ onye na-ahụ maka mbara igwe na mbara ala, ebe NAL lekwasịrị anya na nyocha ụgbọ elu. NASDA, nke hiwere na 1 Ọktoba 1969, mepụtara rọketi, satellites, ma wuru Japanese Experiment Module. Isi ụlọ ọrụ NASDA dị na saịtị nke Tanegashima Space Center ugbu a, na Tanegashima Island, 115 kilomita n'ebe ndịda.
Ọktoba 1, 2003