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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

ispace wants to win its own place in space exploration history - Copyright AFP Philip FONG Japanese startup ispace vowed its upcoming second unmanned Moon mission ...

Japanese startup ispace vowed its upcoming second unmanned Moon mission will be a success, saying Thursday that it learned from its failed attempt nearly two years ago. In April 2023, the firm's ...