JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

ISAS is an arm of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). “The probe made a successful soft landing on the moon. It has begun transmitting signals back to Earth and is generally ...

As we move into 2025, the field of space exploration is buzzing with exciting missions, new technologies, and a renewed focus ...

At an altitude of 5 km, the lander was in a vertical ... movement to find a safe landing spot, JAXA said. The spacecraft was testing technology to allow moon missions to land “where we want ...

The mission consists of the Blue Ghost lunar lander, the Elytra Dark orbital vehicle ... mission specialist JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and mission specialist Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin ...

Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, which will carry NASA ... NASA astronaut Anne McClain and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut ...

Thales Alenia Space (TAS) has clinched an order from the UAE's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to develop an airlock module for the Lunar Gateway space station, the joint venture between France's ...

Alaskans are pretty familiar with a variety of resources that are regularly mined in the state, but perhaps not too familiar with the idea of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) mining.

Ispace's new Hakuto-R mission will be its second try, after it ran out of fuel and crashed on the lunar surface in April 2023. The Resilience lander, a partnership with Japan's space agency JAXA ...

JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe successfully landed on the moon in January 2024, making Japan the fifth country to reach earth’s natural satellite. JAXA is currently working to ...