Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a destination of fierce ambition and delicate engineering. This time, it’s not just ...

Japan has joined an elite club by landing ... on the moon Saturday, a milestone that puts the country in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China.

Artemis II — set to launch in early 2026 and land off San Diego — will be lofted by Boeing’s SLS rocket for the first manned trip to the moon since 1972, making a fly-by but not landing.