The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to team up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to build a large lander for the forthcoming Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission. This mission, also known…
Over a month after it made a spectacular landing on the moon’s surface, Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) moon lander did the unexpected: It survived the freezing lunar night before re-establishing communication with…
In a remarkable feat, Japan has become the fifth country this century, and the fifth ever, to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. However, the nation’s lunar mission, dubbed “Moon Sniper,” is now facing…