Tokyo-based ispace said Monday that its Hakuto-R lunar lander is on track to reach the moon at the end of April. Ispace launched the lander on board a Falcon 9 in December; since then, the spacecraft ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tokyo-based startup ispace’s lunar ambitions will soon be put to the test, as the company gears up for its first launch at the end ...

One of the next private companies to attempt a moon landing in the new year will be the Japanese iSpace, due for a launch no earlier than January 2025. Its first attempt met with failure in April 2023 ...

A small, privately-funded Japanese spacecraft attempted to land on the moon Tuesday, but flight controllers in Tokyo lost contact with the craft during the final minutes of its descent when it ...

Orbit Fab, a startup developing in-space refueling services, plans to work with lunar exploration company ispace on propellant harvesting and delivery. Credit: ispace and Orbit Fab SAN FRANCISCO – ...

ISpace's private Resilience Lander will attempt to touch down on the Mare Frigoris region of the moon's surface on June 5, at 3:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT). While you won’t be able to see the lander itself ...

Japanese start-up ispace raised $90.2 million in its latest round of funding The company will use the money to fund two exploration missions to the moon Investors in the latest round include Suzuki ...

Japanese lunar exploration company ispace attempted to land its first cargo mission on the moon on Tuesday, but lost communication with the spacecraft and has deemed the attempt unsuccessful. "We are ...

The APEX 1.0 lander from ispace U.S. Credit: ispace U.S. WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar company ispace said work on a new engine for its lunar landers is facing delays and that it is keeping open the ...