National Oct 23, 2020
Japan to recruit astronauts in 2021, first intake in 13 years
Tokyo is aiming to have a Japanese national on the moon for the first time in the latter half of the 2020s.
National / Science & Health Oct 14, 2020
Japan joins U.S.-led pact for space exploration and moon mining
The agreement also covers issues regarding space debris and stipulates that its members will not interfere with their counterparts' endeavors on the moon.
National / Science & Health Sep 28, 2020
One small hop for man? Japan shoots for jumping craft fueled by moon water
While liquid water does not exist on the moon's surface, past research suggests there may be ice in a crater near the lunar south pole.
Business / Tech Aug 20, 2020
Japanese startup raises $28 million to help fund moon mission
Ispace plans its first lunar landing mission in 2022, and another the year after to explore the moon’s surface with a rover.
National / Science & Health Jul 22, 2020
Massive meteor shower hit Earth and moon 800 million years ago, study says
A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research showed Tuesday. Japanese scientists examined images taken by the Kaguya lunar orbiter and found that ...
National Jul 10, 2020
Japan and NASA sign agreement to cooperate on manned lunar probe
The two sides confirmed their intention to "develop arrangements" to give Japan opportunities to put its crew on the moon under the project.
World / Science & Health Mar 28, 2020
NASA on Friday picked a new space capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX to ferry cargo and supplies to the agency's planned lunar space station, a crucial building block to its goals to build a permanent post on the moon and mount future missions to ...
World / Science & Health Jan 11, 2020
NASA celebrates new astronauts in first public graduation ceremony
NASA on Friday celebrated its latest class of graduating astronauts at a public ceremony in Houston, honoring a diverse and gender-balanced group now qualified for spaceflight missions including America's return to the moon and eventual journey to Mars. After completing more than two years of ...
World / Science & Health Jan 2, 2020
India to take another shot at moon landing after crash last year
India will attempt a second moon landing, after a previous try last year failed just minutes before a scheduled touchdown on the lunar surface, in a bid to restore its credentials as an ambitious space power. The South Asian nation's Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon, ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 1, 2020
After failed bid, India targets another mission to moon in 2020
India plans to make a fresh attempt to land an unmanned mission on the moon this year after a failed bid last year, the head of the country's space program said Wednesday. Work is going "smoothly" on the Chandrayaan-3 mission to put a rover probe ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Dec 3, 2019
NASA finds Indian lunar lander with help of amateur space enthusiast
India's Vikram lunar lander, which crashed on its final approach to the moon's surface in September, has been found thanks in part to the sleuthing efforts of an amateur space enthusiast. NASA made the announcement Monday, releasing an image taken by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ...
Business / Tech Oct 23, 2019
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin partners with Lockheed and others on moon lander
U.S. billionaire Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday his space company Blue Origin has signed agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and research and development organization Draper for development of its lunar lander designed to help NASA put humans on the moon by ...