A lost signal marks the second imperfect attempt at a lunar landing for Tokyo-based company ispace A Japanese lunar lander called Resilience failed to softly touch down on the moon’s surface on June 5 ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its touchdown attempt on Friday, marking another failure two years after an unsuccessful ...

Resilience, the second lunar lander by Japanese company ispace, during prelaunch preparations. Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around ...

With its metaphorical feet held over the allegorical fire by NASA, SpaceX has released a new, simplified plan to build a lander to put US astronauts back on the Moon now that the competition for the ...

Human eyes have never watched the Moon’s hidden hemisphere roll past from just a few dozen miles away, but Artemis II is about to change that. As NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon for ...

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