SLIM landed on the moon at about 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time on Saturday (1520 GMT Friday). There was a tense wait for news after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s mission control initially ...

Japan's SLIM mission exceeded expectations, while NASA’s Perseverance found evidence of ancient life on Mars. The Europa Clipper launched to investigate subsurface oceans on Jupiter's moon ...

Japan's SLIM mission exceeded expectations, while NASA’s Perseverance found evidence of ancient life on Mars. The Europa Clipper launched to investigate subsurface oceans on Jupiter's moon ...

Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint ...

Two moon landers built by private U.S. and Japanese companies are on their way ... built by Swedish artist Mikael Genberg. The ispace mission is expected to reach its destination on the moon ...

The M2/Resilience mission is part of Japan’s broader efforts to contribute to international lunar exploration. It builds on the success of Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM ...

Japanese moon exploration company ispace launched its Hakuto-R Mission 2, making its second ... similar to the Japanese space agency's SLIM which succeeded in the country's first lunar landing ...

Japanese start-up ispace vowed its upcoming second unmanned Moon mission will be a success, saying on Thursday that it learned from its failed attempt nearly two years ago. In April 2023 ...

Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise ... since it was "not designed for the harsh lunar nights". It said that SLIM succeeded in surviving a night on the Moon's surface while maintaining ...

The mission marks a significant step in the global competition to explore the moon. Japanese moon exploration company ispace is making a second attempt to land on the moon with its Hakuto-R Mission 2.