Aside from Texas-based Firefly, only five countries have pulled off a successful lunar landing: the Soviet Union, the U.S., China, India and Japan. And only the U.S. has put astronauts on the moon, ...

"I feel like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," a Japanese researcher who confirmed the vessel told Newsweek in an ...

Earth lost contact with the private Japanese spacecraft "Resilience" during an attempted moon landing on Thursday. The lander was carrying what would have been the first European-built rover to ...

A Japanese-built moon lander called Resilience has crashed during its attempt to softly land on the lunar surface. This was Japan’s second try at reaching the moon with a private spacecraft, and ...

Private Japanese moon probe snaps photo of lunar south pole ahead of June 5 landing . Here's why the private Athena lunar lander toppled over on the moon.

A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World War II.

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander. NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace's lander slammed into the moon .

A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again. Five hours after the landing time of 3:17 p.m ...

Tokyo-based company ispace aims to land its "Resilience" spacecraft in the moon's Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold") region on June 5, notching a big milestone for Japan and for commercial spaceflight.

Later today, a Japanese company will be attempting a feat which few have achieved successfully: it will try to gently touch down its Resilience lander on the moon’s surface as part of its Hakuto ...

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will no longer fly to the moon aboard SpaceX's rocket, Starship. A statement said the voyage was scheduled for 2023, but delays made the timeline "unfeasible." ...

Japanese space exploration firm ispace is preparing for a second attempt at landing on the moon. The "Resilience" Mission 2 lander has arrived in Florida ahead of launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...