NASA picks U.S. and Japanese companies for lunar sample collection
Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. and its subsidiary in Luxembourg are among the firms tasked with collecting a small amount of lunar regolith from any location on the Moon.
China has poured billions into its military-run space program, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022.
China's launch Tuesday of an unmanned spacecraft aimed at bringing back lunar rocks — the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades — underlines just how far the country has come in achieving its "space dream." A Long ...
China to launch moon probe, seeking to bring back first lunar rock since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s. The Chang'e-5 probe, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the ...
There’s water ice on the moon, and in more places than NASA once thought
An infrared telescope mounted inside a 747 jumbo jet showed unambiguous evidence of water on parts of the moon where the sun shines.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
