Tohoku University

Tohoku University’s School of Engineering includes the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering undergraduate course and a graduate Department of Aerospace Engineering. Official aerospace education covers aircraft, spacecraft, space propulsion, satellite systems, flight science, simulation, and space exploration. The university's Space Robotics Laboratory has documented contributions to ETS-VII orbital robotics experiments and to Hayabusa's touchdown sampling at asteroid Itokawa. Its research also addresses planetary-rover mobility, mapping and control, illustrating the connection between aerospace engineering and robotic exploration.