Japan is in contact with its newly arrived Moon lander, but it appears to be having technical problems, the country’s space agency has said. The country sent its “Slim” spacecraft to the lunar surface ...

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, ...

Japan is now the fifth country to pull off a soft landing on the moon. A Japanese space agency manager earlier called the landing "a breathless,... Japan has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in ...

The SLIM robotic spacecraft made Japan the fifth country land on the moon, although officials from the country’s space agency said difficulties generating power would limit how long it operates.

Japan is about to attempt one of the hardest tricks in space exploration: a soft landing on the moon. Its "Moon Sniper" mission is set to land on the moon Friday morning, ET — and if all goes well, a ...

Japan has pulled off one of the hardest tricks in space exploration: a soft landing on the moon. Its "Moon Sniper" mission settled onto the moon's surface Friday morning. But JAXA, the Japanese space ...