Japan is ready to support the United States' lower-cost lunar missions, its space agency chief said, after the US ...

Japan's space agency chief has expressed readiness to support the U.S. Artemis lunar missions after the U.S. proposed a ...

A key driver of Japan’s space ambitions is the Basic Plan on Space Policy, which was revised in 2023 to reflect the evolving global space landscape. The updated plan emphasizes ...

the spacecraft is due to land on the Moon's Northern Hemisphere on June 5. A first mission of this type previously failed in 2023. Japan isn't the only country with its sights set on landing on ...

Japan is ready to support the United ... has received a rare sample of Moon dust from China's Chang'e 5 mission, which collected 2kg of material from the Moon's volcanic region called Mons Rumker ...

If successful, it will join a growing list of recent moon missions by private companies. Firefly Aerospace became the first private firm to land upright on the moon in March. A few days later ...

Space agency officials from India and Japan ... The mission is expected to live a little over 100days after the lunar landing, and it could live for a maximum of one year, as per JAXA. Why is there a ...

A successful landing would be the second for Japan, whose national space agency put a spacecraft called SLIM ("Smart Lander for Investigating Moon') down in January 2024. Resilience is carrying ...

Cruz at the earlier hearings had demanded a commitment from Isaacman to support the current Artemis moon mission plans. “Existing law directs NASA to establish a ‘sustained human presence in ...