Spending months in transit does cause certain issues, adds CNN. The longer travel time can lead to more wear and tear to the ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander captured stunning views of the moon from about 62 miles (100 km) above the surface. The ...

Privately owned Japanese aerospace company ispace on Thursday will make its second attempt to land a remotely controlled capsule on the moon as part of its settlement effort.

A private lunar lander from Japan fell silent while descending to the moon with a mini rover Friday and its fate was unknown.

Ispace crashed on the moon in 2023. Its second spacecraft, Resilience, aims in the hours ahead to succeed where its predecessor failed.

A private lunar lander from Japan is closing in on the moon, aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north.

The Tokyo-based company ispace said its lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned. But there was no immediate word on the outcome, following the hourlong descent.

The company’s HAKUTO-R lunar lander named RESILIENCE and lunar rover TENACIOUS are expected to land near the moon’s Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) region, which is in the moon’s northern hemisphere.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander made history early Sunday morning as it touched down on the moon’s surface with 10 NASA payloads. At around 3:25 a.m. ET ...