This was the aerospace firm Ispace's second attempt at placing a spacecraft on the Moon. A third will follow in 2027.

CEO and founder Takeshi Hakamada apologised to everyone who contributed to the mission, the second lunar strikeout for ispace ...

A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again.

Although the failure means another multi-year pause in Japan’s commercial access to the moon, country remains committed.

This week, uncover the fate of the latest lunar lander to attempt touchdown on the moon’s surface, see a tower of worms, ...

After nearly six months in space, Ispace's Resilience lander will (hopefully) touch down on the lunar surface this week.

TOKYO -- Japan's ispace seeks to become Asia's first private sector company to land successfully on the moon, but it is ...

A Japanese company plans to build a lunar city within 15 years, but first, it has to survive back-to-back mission failures.

The country's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed when the mission was ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed during a touchdown attempt, marking the latest casualty in the commercial rush to ...

NASA’s RASSOR robot successfully demonstrated regolith excavation in a lunar soil simulant test, showcasing its ...