A private space firm from Japan did not stick its moon landing on Thursday, which makes this the second failed attempt to get to the lunar surface for the company in the past two years.. The ...

The deep-space mission is heading for Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid that might be a piece of the moon. China has released a first picture of its Tianwen 2 mission as the spacecraft heads for a ...

This month's full "Strawberry Moon" graces the night sky on June 11, putting on a spectacular show as the fully-lit disk of Earth's natural satellite rides low over the southeastern horizon. A ...

They found that out of around 1.3 million craters on the moon with a diameter greater than a kilometre, nearly 6500 were made by asteroids containing commercial quantities of platinum.

This is the third moon landing attempt Kenneth Chang has reported on this year. Published June 5, 2025 Updated June 6, 2025 A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for ...

Resilience is ispace's second lunar lander and has been on a long, circuitous route to the moon after launch on Jan. 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission is a follow-up to the failed Hakuto ...

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, two years after ...

Japan’s ispace fails second private moon landing attempt. The Resilience lander stopped transmitting just 192 meters from the surface, likely crashing into the moon. SHARE.

CBS News - Video. Japan prepares for second moon landing attempt. Posted: June 5, 2025 | Last updated: June 14, 2025. A potentially historic moment in commercial space exploration is nearing as a ...

On Friday (Thursday EST), the second Hakuto mission, nicknamed Resilience, is set to touch down on a 3.5 billion-year-old volcanic region of the Moon known as Mare Frigoris, or the Sea of Cold.

Ispace’s Resilience Spacecraft Is Set to Land on the Moon Today—Here’s How to Follow Along The Japanese company’s second attempt at a lunar landing can be streamed live this afternoon ...