The current plan calls for Resilience to land that day at 3:24 p.m. EST (2024 GMT) near the center of Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold"), a basaltic plain in the moon 's northern reaches. But that's not ...

He said the priority now was for the craft to gather as much data about its landing and the moon as possible on the remaining battery. Japan follows the United States, the Soviet Union ...

Japan also has a Moon mission underway A Japanese company currently has a lander traveling through space that is scheduled to touch down on the Moon in June 2025. The Resilience lander is scheduled to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the ...

March 4 (UPI) -- Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced Tuesday it will aim to place a lander on the moon on June 6. Founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada held a press conference Monday to ...

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon's surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen ...

The mission, aptly named “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” touched down in Mare Crisium, a large impact site filled with basaltic lava on the Moon. Blue Ghost pulled off a precision landing, touching down ...

It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue ...

After its successful lunar touchdown, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission could soon be joined on the moon by two more commercial spacecraft ...

Japan lands sideways Japan becomes the fifth country to land successfully on the moon, with its spacecraft touching down in January. The craft lands on the wrong side, compromising its ability to ...