The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Wednesday evening.

Inclement weather postponed the launch of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday ...

Japan Sends X-Ray Telescope and Moon Lander Into Space The two different space missions would help astronomers study the cosmos and aid the development of moon landing technologies. Systems are go.

SLIM is a compact robotic moon lander with no astronauts aboard. It’s about the size of a small food truck and weighs more than 1,500 pounds at launch. The lander’s mission is not primarily ...

When the first astronauts walked on the moon as part of the Apollo Program, the concept of lunar habitats ceased being the ...

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe and XRISM X-ray space telescope blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on 7 September, sharing the same rocket to orbit ...

Blue Ghost, which left Earth's orbit behind a few days before entering lunar orbit Feb. 13, completed its third and final engine burn Sunday night to position it as close to the moon as it can get ...

Texas company pulls off first fully successful commercial moon landing 02:24. A lunar lander has completed its two-week mission and sent spectacular sunset images as a "final goodbye" back to Earth.

Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, reveal their secrets.

The alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk — to borrow a phrase from the space community — has undergone a rapid unscheduled disassembly.