The Tokyo-based company ispace confirmed the mission as a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic had an abortive go in January 2024 with its Peregrine lunar lander, which suffered a crippling ...

Known for its amber hues and, at certain glances, rosy glow, this lunar event is something you won't want to miss.

A startup is aiming to become the first commercial company in Japan to successfully land on the moon, and also deliver the ...

The country's space agency said it will return “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos." ...

Tonight’s full strawberry moon will appear on the southeastern horizon just as the sun sets in the west, then hang low all ...

Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it ...

TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose 13.0% in March from the previous month, government data showed on Thursday. That compared with a 1.6% decrease estimated by economists ...

Musk hinted on Tuesday, May 13 that SpaceX could launch its Starship "next week" on ... of a vehicle due to play a massive part in future crewed missions to both the moon and Mars. The vehicle has not ...

plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn. He was 95. His death ...