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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace aims to become the first non-U.S. company to achieve a controlled moon landing as it prepares for the touchdown of its second uncrewed spacecraft on Friday, ...

(CNN) — Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost spacecraft, from Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, zoomed to the moon, and in March it ...

A private spacecraft from Japan whizzes around the moon just weeks ahead of a planned landing attempt. Credit: ispace A Japanese commercial spacecraft is zeroing in on its second attempt at a lunar ...

A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial ...

June 5 (UPI) --After losing contact with it for several hours, a privately owned Japanese company said its lunar lander had crashed into the surface of moon in what the company, ispace, confirmed was ...

WASHINGTON — Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June 5. Resilience was scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern at Mare Frigoris, ...

Tokyo-based moon exploration company ispace is heartened by signs the United States and Japan will remain on course for joint ...

An artist's rendition of Resilience on the lunar surface, where it is scheduled to touchdown later today. Ispace After a five month journey to the moon, Ispace’s Resilience lander is on track to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The artist's rendering above depicts the Ispace Resilience lunar lander and rover on the moon. Resilience will attempt to touch ...