EPIC (Earth image) The ispace mission will launch ‘Hakuto-R Mission 2’ on a four-and-a-half month journey to the lunar ...

Two moon landers built by private U.S. and Japanese companies are on their way to the moon after lifting off early Wednesday on a shared ride aboard a SpaceX rocket. The launch from NASA’s ...

One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on ...

marking a major step in the race to commercialize the Moon. The liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center carried landers from Japanese company ispace and U.S.-based Firefly Aerospace, both aiming ...

Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese space exploration startup ispace ... company's second attempt to put such a spacecraft on the moon. The company's first lander failed to touch down in 2022.