Ispace hopes to have its own moment of glory, after the unsalvageable “hard landing” of its initial attempt in 2023. Read more
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 touched down shortly after 3:34 am U.S. Eastern Time on the moon’s northeastern near side. Read more
A successful landing would make Ispace the first private Asian company to touch down on the moon. Read more
Ispace’s Resilience lander will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more
At stake is a launch market worth $14.54 billion by 2031. Read more
JAXA said that there was no response from the SLIM after trying to communicate last week following three frigid lunar nights. Read more
Japan's unmanned moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday. Read more
Japan's space agency said on Monday that its SLIM moon lander had unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than a month after t... Read more
After a brief awakening, Japan's Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if it survives the two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said Thursday. Read more
Japan’s space agency said Monday that its first lunar lander had regained power and resumed operations, more than a week after its precision landing. Read more
