NASA with its Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon by 2027—but likely later—for the first time since 1972, while ...

At an altitude of 5 km, the lander was in a vertical descent mode, then at 50 meters above the surface, SLIM was supposed to make a parallel movement to find a safe landing spot, JAXA said.

head of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), handled the media at the 2:10 a.m. gathering to report on progress in the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe.

Japan may yet manage to salvage its Moon lander, the country's space agency Jaxa says - if sunlight hits it in the right place. The Slim spacecraft was turned off just three hours after its historic ...

Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM), aptly nicknamed ... and the craft's conditions remained nominal. JAXA disclosed that SLIM's descent towards the moon is scheduled to commence ...

At an altitude of five kilometers (three miles), the lander was in a vertical descent mode, then at 50 meters (165 feet) above the surface, SLIM was supposed to make a parallel movement to find a safe ...

Japan successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite aboard an H3 rocket, further advancing its QZSS network.

Japan had better luck that same month as its SLIM lander made it the 5th nation to successfully touch down on the Moon. Granted, SLIM bounced on landing and ended up resting on its nose ...

City Comptroller Brad Lander lamented an underage kid’s access to puberty blockers in a tirade against President Trump’s executive order banning federal funding for sex-change surgeries and ...