Resilience launched on Jan. 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that also carried another private moon lander: Firefly ...

A Japanese commercial spacecraft has sent home another close-up image of the moon, its intended landing destination in a ...

A new milestone in private space exploration is fast approaching as ispace, a Tokyo-based aerospace company, prepares for the ...

A robotic Japanese moon lander touched down on the lunar surface Friday, but it immediately suffered a power glitch of some sort that prevented its solar cells from generating the electricity ...

TOKYO — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan's first lunar mission hit its target in a precision ...

A month after a Japanese lunar lander crashed on the moon's surface, NASA has found debris confirming the craft's "hard landing." The Japanese lander, a privately-funded spacecraft called the ...

Based on the new images, astronomers say they have finally spotted the Japanese moon lander’s crash site, finally bringing closure to the failed touchdown, which first made headlines in late April.

A Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon, Biden announced Wednesday during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Biden and Kishida ...

In addition, the lander is carrying an orange-sized sphere from the Japanese Space Agency that will transform into a wheeled robot on the moon. Also flying: a solid state battery from a Japanese ...

A software glitch caused a Japanese robotic spacecraft to misjudge its altitude as it attempted to land on the moon last month leading to its crash, an investigation has revealed. Ispace of Japan ...

Private Japanese moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of January SpaceX launch (photos) "The cislunar economy will be dependent on many important resources other than water, and it is important to ...

A Japanese company hoping to carry out a rare private Moon landing says it is likely its lunar lander crashed on the surface. Communication was lost with Hakuto-R moments before it was due to ...