Japan’s attempts to become ... These other two are still en route to the Moon. Sadly, the OMOTENASHI lander was the only one planned for a controlled landing. A shot of the lunar surface.

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

similar to the Japanese space agency's SLIM which succeeded in the country's first lunar landing last year. Firefly's Blue Ghost aims to reach the moon 45 days after launch, around March 2.

On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two photos of the moon that Blue Ghost captured from Earth orbit. One shows ...

Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ...

Japanese startup ispace vowed its upcoming second unmanned moon mission will be a success, saying Thursday that it learned from its failed attempt nearly two years ago. In April 2023, the firm's ...

Japanese space startup Ispace launched its second lunar lander, Resilience, early Wednesday in Florida, marking a critical step in the company’s quest to achieve a successful moon landing.

Two moon landers, one from Japan’s ispace and the other from US ... saying, “A moon landing is not a dream but it has become a reality … and a success would be a huge, huge step forward ...