One of China’s latest commercial launch companies has secured early funding as it aims to develop a launcher featuring first ...

TOKYO/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- A rocket carrying two lunar landers, one from Japan's ispace, was launched from the U.S. on ...

By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday ...

A pair of spacecraft developed by private firms blast off on a single rocket on the risky voyage to the lunar surface.

In a significant stride for lunar exploration, Japanese company ispace and U.S.-based Firefly Aerospace launched moon landers ...

On January 15, two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from the U.S. company Firefly Aerospace, launched into ...

Firefly’s Blue Ghost — named after a species of U.S. Southeastern fireflies — should reach the moon first. The 6-foot-6-inches-tall (2-meter-tall) lander will attempt a touchdown in early March at ...

TOKYO/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- A rocket carrying two lunar landers, one from Japan's ispace, was launched from the U.S. on Wednesday, marking the Japanese startup's second attempt to land on the ...

Japan's Ispace, US's Firefly Launch Commercial Moon ... by 2027 - but likely later - for the first time since 1972, while China plans to put its own crews on the lunar surface by 2030 following ...