TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace aims to become the first non-U.S. company to achieve a controlled moon landing as it prepares for the touchdown of its second uncrewed spacecraft on Friday, ...

The Artemis II journey around the moon is a triumph for humanity that involves 60 countries, including Japan, which is ...

The first lunar lander that Japan has ever sent to the moon continues to hum away on the surface, far outlasting its odds for survival more than three months since it touched down. An image the ...

(CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied the odds for a third time, surviving yet another long, frigid lunar night despite not being designed to endure such harsh conditions, according to the ...

"The probability of failure will increase," during this second hibernation, JAXA says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As a ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The crash landing ...

The spacecraft will sleep through the deep cold of lunar night — and may or may not wake up afterward. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Japan's first moon landing is full of surprises, now including coming back to life. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon — aka the SLIM probe — landed on the moon with astonishing accuracy on ...

Japan's moon lander woke up after unexpectedly surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday. The unmanned Smart ...