Japanese startup attempts Moon landingA Japanese startup will attempt a tricky lunar touchdown on Friday with an unmanned lander named Resilience, two years after its first try ...
05 Jun, 2025, 06.01 PM IST
Japan’s ispace Resilience set to attempt Moon landing; the timing, how and where to watch liveIspace, a Japanese private space company, is set to attempt its second lunar landing on June 5, 2025, targeting Mare Frigoris with its “Res...
04 Jun, 2025, 02.14 PM IST
Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It's still going after 3Japan's first moon lander, SLIM, survived harsh lunar nights, monitored by JAXA. Scientists compare moon rocks with Earth for clues on moon...
24 Apr, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
Japanese astronaut to be first non-American to set foot on MoonJapan's astronaut to join US on Moon in Artemis 3. China plans Moon mission by 2030. ESA aids Artemis missions; details pending. US-Japan c...
11 Apr, 2024, 07.16 AM IST
Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-downJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency has annoounced that it has achieved an unprecedented "pinpoint" moon landing within 100 metres (328 feet...
25 Jan, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moonJapan's spacecraft, SLIM, successfully landed on the moon's surface. It is the fifth country to achieve this feat. JAXA confirmed that the ...
20 Jan, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
Japan hopes to join an elite club by landing on the moon: A closer lookJapan hopes to make the world's first "pinpoint landing" on the moon early Saturday, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in ...
19 Jan, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts historic lunar landingWith its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, Japan wants to become the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky soft la...
19 Jan, 2024, 08.26 AM IST
Japan suspends H-IIA rocket launch for moonshot because of strong windsStrong winds of nearly 108 kph (67 mph) were observed at an altitude of 5,000-15,000 metres (16400-49200 ft), Japan Aerospace Exploration A...
28 Aug, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
Japan's moon landing: When is it and why is it important?Japan's space agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has postponed the launch of its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (S...
28 Aug, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
Moon landing: India lands space craft on lunar surface, which other countries are in race to reach moon?What is the reason for the new race to reach the Moon? Is it the race to exploit lunar resources? Know in detail.
24 Aug, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
62 of 111 lunar missions in last seven decades were successful: NASA databaseIndia's Chandrayaan-3 has been launched on a mission to soft land on the Moon, joining the US, China and the Soviet Union in achieving the ...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
Japan firm fails in bid for historic Moon landingThe unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to touch down on the Moon's surface overnight, but about 25 minutes after the lan...
26 Apr, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
Japanese space firm loses communication with lunar lander"We have to assume that we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface," an official said.
25 Apr, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
India's next Moon shot will be bigger, in pact with JapanFor this mission - Lunar Polar Exploration - Isro will be tying up with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
08 Sep, 2019, 08.54 PM IST
40 per cent lunar missions in last 60 years failed: NASA fact sheetThis year, Israel, too, launched its lunar mission Beresheet in February 2018 but it crash landed in April.
07 Sep, 2019, 12.55 PM IST
Chandrayaan-2 could lead to US, Japan to set up base on moonThe US space agency is looking at landing two Astronauts - a woman and a man to the moon by 2024 through its Artemis mission.
06 Sep, 2019, 12.16 PM IST