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
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASAFirefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost successfully landed on the moon, marking a first for a private company to achieve a smooth, upright landing....
02 Mar, 2025, 02.47 PM IST
Japan startup hopeful ahead of second moon launchJapanese startup ispace aims for success in its second Moon mission after a failed attempt in 2023. The upcoming launch, Resilience, will c...
10 Jan, 2025, 09.48 AM IST
Japan, India startups to study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debrisJapanese and Indian space startups joined forces. They will explore using lasers to clear space junk. Orbital Lasers and InspeCity signed a...
17 Dec, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
Japan Moon lander revives after lunar nightJapan's Moon lander, the unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), has woke up after a two-week lunar night, according to the Ja...
26 Feb, 2024, 05.45 PM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts precision lunar landingJapan's precision "Moon Sniper" began its "power descent sequence" early Saturday towards the lunar surface, one of several new missions sp...
20 Jan, 2024, 02.47 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
Japan suspends launch of rocket carrying moon lander because of windsThe launch was cancelled because of unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere, MHI's launch services unit said in a post on social...
28 Aug, 2023, 07.09 AM 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
Japan stocks extend gains on boost from Buffett's commentsDepartment-store operator J.Front Retailing Co Ltd rose 1.3% after reporting a tripling in net profit for the year ended February after mar...
12 Apr, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
In first-ever Japanese lunar mission, SpaceX launches spacecraft. See detailsElon Musk's SpaceX launched a spacecraft of a startup to the Moon at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday. It is the first-ever lunar missio...
11 Dec, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
Japanese startup launches historic moon missionThe spacecraft, produced by Tokyo-based startup ispace, blasted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:38 am (0738 GMT), live footage of the lau...
11 Dec, 2022, 03.23 PM IST
Aerospace startup Team Indus may crash land due to a paucity of fundsIndustry observers think that a big Indian investor may remain elusive. “We have the talent and technology,” says RA Mashelkar, National Re...
13 Mar, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
Missing one deadline doesn't mean we give up the lunar mission, says TeamIndus founder Rahul NarayanISRO terminated its contract with TeamIndus after they dropped out of Google Lunar X Prize for being unable to meet the deadline.
13 Feb, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
Space startup raises $90 million to start moon ads by 2020The funds will be used to send a spacecraft into lunar orbit by 2019, and then land one a year later.
14 Dec, 2017, 12.38 PM IST