Watanabe monitored SLIM’s landing at JAXA’s mission control center. Its arrival on the moon was not enough for him to relax, given that LEV-2 was still tasked with recording and sending photos ...

Using info obtained from the spacecraft's survey mission, JAXA has reproduced the moon's geological environment in the Minecraft world. Lunarcraft is set in Theophilus crater, which is located at ...

India is making major strides in space exploration with its Chandrayaan-3 mission, aiming to land a rover on the Moon’s south pole. This mission is not just about science—it’s about proving India’s ...

Exploring the Moon with M2/Resilience Japan ... BepiColombo, a joint mission by ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, will make its sixth flyby of Mercury in January 2025.

In the JAXA announcement ... become the first Japanese to land on the moon if they are assigned to NASA's Artemis program, a manned lunar probe mission. Yoneda formerly worked for the Japanese ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft will attempt a lunar landing on Sunday, March 2 after roughly 45 days orbiting both Earth and the moon itself. The lengthy orbital period will enable mission operators to ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, originally scheduled to lift off in late 2024, is on its maiden voyage. The uncrewed spacecraft is expected to travel for 45 days before trying to touch down in early ...