Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon (SLIM) survived a two-week lunar night and powered up over the weekend, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on Feb. 26. “Last night ...

Japan plans to put a man on the moon around 2030, according to a new proposal by the government’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Japan space officials said on Thursday its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has survived a second lunar night and has received photos from it.

Aerospace & Defense Industries JAXA and ESA chiefs talk up collaborations on moon, planetary defense Space agencies lay out the 'next big cooperations' between Japan and Europe ...

TOKYO -- Honda Motor will join the development of a lunar rover by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Nikkei has learned. Toyota Motor has also been cooperating with JAXA on this project.

TOKYO—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is looking at a Wake Adaptive Thruster (WAT) concept to reduce aviation carbon emissions via hybrid propulsion technologies. The study is part ...

For JAXA and the J-Cube Program, the initiative launching the satellite, the priority is safety – and the LingoSat passed its preliminary evaluation with no critical concerns, says Fujita.

In addition, JAXA will train people at national institutions in Asia and the Pacific region to make use of satellite data for disaster response, climate change monitoring and natural resource ...

JAXA’s SLIM lander ended up in a rather awkward position on the Moon. Image: JAXA The Japanese SLIM lander is still clinging onto its unfortunate existence, surviving a second lunar night while ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA,) shared an image Wednesday on social media that SLIM beamed back to Earth as proof of life.

JAXA has confirmed its SLIM lander has gone dormant for the two-week-long lunar night, after it sent a final image taken before dusk. The ill-fated lander managed to turn on after landing upside ...

Japan space officials said on Thursday its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has survived a second lunar night and has received photos from it.