The 7-foot Japanese lander carried a mini lunar rover for the United Arab Emirates and a toylike robot from Japan designed to roll around in the moon dust for about 10 days.

Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese lander attempted to touch down on the moon Thursday, but telemetry indicated a higher-than-expected descent ...

A tiny cubesat moon lander riding with Artemis 1 could not establish contact in time to reach its destination, but it may be able to do other deep-space work.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall while trying to land on the lunar surface last month, company officials said Friday, blaming a software issue and a ...

SpaceX launches Japanese lunar lander on an ambitious mission to the moon, marking the 'beginning of a new era' for private space exploration SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday carrying a ...

The offer to Japan - an opportunity many nations have long dreamed of -- came as part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's state visit, and as Washington seeks to strengthen ties with its key Asian ally.

A Japanese startup’s spacecraft was launched to the Moon on Sunday in the country’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company. The launch was carried out by Elon ...

A Japanese moon explorer is up and running after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan’s first lunar mission hit its target with a precision touchdown on ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan’s first lunar mission hit its target in a ...