Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon ...

The year’s first moon landing was a big success. The second not so much. Now a third commercial lunar lander has entered orbit around the moon ahead of its chance for glory next month. Japanese ...

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is taking significant strides towards establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon. As part of its bold new mission, ESA has introduced the Argonaut lunar lander, a ...

New research warns that spacecraft exhaust may rapidly pollute the lunar ice that might hold secrets of early life.

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A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.Related video above: SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodesNASA released the pictures ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

A private lunar lander from Japan descended toward a touchdown on the moon Friday, but flight controllers lost contact with the spacecraft and were unsure of its fate. The Tokyo-based company ispace ...

A rendering of a lunar lander of the European Space Agency's Argonaut program, which has its first mission to the moon ...