While Japan possesses an advanced space program, other recent efforts to launch rockets into space have also failed, with the engine for Japan's flagship small rocket, the Epsilon S, exploding ...

Japan's space agency signed an agreement on Friday with Kumamoto Prefecture to realize the practical application of a progr ...

compared to six currently planned by the government-led space program. Japan's space development programs are led by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, and industry leaders such as ...

Intuitive Machines, which landed on the moon with its robotic IM-1 mission in February 2024, will be launching IM-2 as soon as January, also on a Falcon 9. The mission is optimized for the lunar south ...

Japanese moon exploration company ... later Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. But the U.S. space agency faces potential changes to its Artemis program with the incoming administration of Donald ...

Astroscale says it has secured a five-year in-space refueling program for the Japanese government. The company, which specializes in on-orbit servicing, said the latest effort will draw on its ...

For the program, officially named Hakuto-R Mission ... frequent space exploration opportunities than governments. Space One, another Japanese startup, is trying to become Japan's first company ...

Blue Ghost's final descent to the Moon is tentatively scheduled for March 2. The target landing site is in Mare Crisium, an ...

Japanese space startup Ispace launched its second lunar ... The lander, part of Ispace’s Hakuto-R program, lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just after 1:11 a.m. from NASA’s Kennedy ...