The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace is ready for a flyby of the moon as part of its ...

Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint ...

It is a Japanese-led commercial mission. Astronauts won't be walking on the moon until 2027, but you’ll see a lot of rockets heading there this year, part of an ambitious series of uncrewed ...

Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint ...

Japan’s space program will take a giant leap forward as the country is set to land its first astronaut on the moon as early as 2028 in a U.S.-led mission. At a meeting in Washington on April 10 ...

Japanese moon exploration company ispace launched its Hakuto-R Mission 2, making its second attempt to land on the moon after an initial mission in April 2023 failed in its final moments because ...

Japan’s attempts to become ... when being sent on these longer-range missions. While still relatively close, traveling from Earth to the Moon can be precarious for spacecraft.

Two moon landers built by private U.S. and Japanese companies are on their way ... built by Swedish artist Mikael Genberg. The ispace mission is expected to reach its destination on the moon ...

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

Ispace's Resilience lander will approach the moon in about three months for the company's second lunar touchdown.