Japanese Moon Lander's Impact Site Found: NASA Lunar Orbiter Spotted Hakuto-R's Debris a Day After Its Failed Touchdown

Medicine & Technology May 23, 2023

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shared a photo of the Japanese Moon lander's last resting place where it showed distinct fragments of wreckage. Read the article to learn more details.

Japanese Lunar Lander Snaps Glorious Photo of Earth During Total Solar Eclipse Before Craft Smashed Into Moon's Surface

Apr 27, 2023

Before the Hakuto-R lunar lander reached its demise, it was able to take and send an incredible photo of the Earth. Click the article to check it out.

Japan's Hakuto-R Lander Fails To Land on the Moon After Control Center, Loses Communication With the Spacecraft

Apr 25, 2023

Japan's ispace has lost communication with its Hakuto-R lander, resulting in an incomplete mission of landing the spacecraft on the lunar surface. Read the article for more details.

Japanese Startup Company ispace Reveals Bigger Lander To Be Launched in 2024

Aug 27, 2021

ispace, a Japanese lunar exploration startup, unveiled the latest iteration of its payload lander, which is being constructed by a subsidiary in Colorado.

Japan Presents New Space Resource Law; Plans to Join the Return to the Moon

Jul 26, 2021

A new space resource law had been passed by Japan, showing the government's interest towards space relations, lunar industrialization, and the country's economic comeback.

Japan's Baseball-Sized Transforming Robot Ball to Land on Moon in 2022, What Can It Do?

May 27, 2021

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will send a baseball-sized transforming robot to the Moon to assist the development of the crewed pressurized rover.

UAE Taps Japan's ispace to Send Lunar Rover to the Moon

Apr 15, 2021

Japanese lunar robotics company iSpace will deliver a rover built by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the moon in 2022.