JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has announced that it will conduct an experiment to demonstrate the use of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries in space. It will be working with Hitachi Zosen Corporation in joint research to investigate practical space applications for the battery technology. Conventional lithium-ion batteries used in space use liquid and have a ...

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