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A private Japanese moon lander went into free ... 2023 depicts the Hakuto spacecraft on the surface of the moon with the Earth in the background. On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, flight controllers ...
TOKYO — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan's first lunar mission hit its target in a precision ...
A robotic Japanese moon lander touched down on the lunar surface Friday, but it immediately suffered a power glitch of some sort that prevented its solar cells from generating the electricity ...
A Japanese moon lander likely came up short in its bid to make history today (April 25). Japan's Hakuto-R lander apparently came up short in its bid to make history today (April 25). The robotic ...
Private Japanese Lunar Lander Enters Orbit Around ... becoming the first private outfit to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon without crashing or falling over. Another American company ...
A month after a Japanese lunar lander crashed on the moon's surface, NASA has found debris confirming the craft's "hard landing." The Japanese lander, a privately-funded spacecraft called the ...
A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending flight controllers scrambling to figure out ...
A Japanese company has lost contact with a small robotic spacecraft it was sending to the moon. Analysis of data from the vehicle suggests it ran out of propellant during its final approach and ...
A Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon, Biden announced Wednesday during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Biden and Kishida ...