Something to look forward to: The proposed Lunar Crater Radio Telescope would not replace the full spectrum of research conducted by Earth-based radio observatories, but it does represents a vital ...

A Japanese private lunar lander, Resilience, is approaching a landing attempt in the moon's far north, targeting Mare Frigoris. The mission includes deploying a small rover, Tenacious, to collect ...

That might truly launch lunar mining to new heights. Bottom Line Helium-3 will likely remain a niche cryogenic tool — not a miracle fuel — at least for now.

An illustration of ispace's Resilience lunar lander and its Tenacious lunar rover. Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed ...

NASA scientists are aiming high with their latest idea. They want to build a huge radio telescope in a lunar crater. The plan may sound like science fiction, but early work has already begun.

A private lunar lander from Japan has fallen silent while descending to a touchdown on the moon. Flight controllers lost contact with the spacecraft Friday and were uncertain of its fate.

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on ...

In “Lunar Eclipse,” an exquisite, extraordinarily moving play from Donald Margulies, the phenomenon of the title forms the backdrop for a vastly more intimate but profound event taking shape ...

The mission wanted to collect two lunar soil samples and sell them to NASA for $5,000 (€4373). In January, Resilience shared a SpaceX rocket launch with Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, which ...

After losing contact with it for several hours, a privately owned Japanese company said its lunar lander had crashed into the surface of moon in what the company, ispace, confirmed was a failed ...

Japanese space company's loss of lunar lander contact "doesn't look great," former astronaut says 03:28. Four-and-a-half months after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, a privately-built Japanese ...

Item 1 of 3 Employees of 'ispace' react as they wait for the signal from the touchdown of its lunar lander Resilience on the Moon at a venue to watch its landing in Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2025 ...