The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down on the lunar surface last month, making Japan the fifth country ...

READ: Japanese moon probe back to work after sun reaches solar panels Shortly after landing within 55 m (180 ft) of its target just south of the moon’s equator, SLIM ran out of power because it ...

The other Japanese probe developed by JAXA and the University of Tokyo, called Equuleus, has continued flying smoothly and is heading to the far side of the moon. It will take about 18 months to ...

BEIJING--China’s latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed them within the spacecraft for return to Earth, the government announced Thursday. The Chang ...