It's part of an effort to help the orbiter chart a path to its final destination ... to orient itself for the long trek to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. As such, onboard are a pair of small cameras ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander has snapped its first photos of its distant target ... we'll continue to keep an eye on our final destination! To the moon!" Firefly said in a Monday ...

Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, ...

Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night. According to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon touched ...

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Japanese moon exploration company ispace launched its Hakuto-R Mission 2, making its second attempt to land on the moon after an initial mission in April 2023 failed in its final moments because ...

The growth rate for the whole year stood unchanged at 1.9%. Japan’s economy grew 0.1% in the final quarter of last year from the previous quarter. Expectations are mixed on what the latest data ...

Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM), aptly nicknamed the "Moon Sniper" for its precision, successfully entered lunar orbit on Christmas (December 25), marking a significant step ...

En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace for NASA, launched to space on Jan.