The associate research scientist at Johns Hopkins University said that while a mission to Mars is not impossible and SpaceX has made “enormous strides” in developing reusable rocket boosters ...

By Kenneth Chang This is the third moon landing attempt Kenneth Chang has reported on this year. A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander has given us a nice shot of the moon just two weeks before its historic touchdown attempt. On Thursday morning (May 22), the Tokyo-based company ispace ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Japanese company ispace announced that it believes its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander has been lost while attempting to land on the moon on Thursday afternoon.

A private lunar lander from Japan descended toward a touchdown on the moon Friday, but flight controllers lost contact with the spacecraft and were unsure of its fate. The Tokyo-based company ...

A private Japanese moon lander — which was carrying Europe's first lunar rover — has likely been destroyed in a "hard landing" after ground control suddenly lost contact with the spacecraft on ...