With NASA tightening the terms of participation, the race to the Moon will increasingly reward those prepared to bring ...

Japan’s space program will take a giant leap forward as the country is set to land its first astronaut on the moon as early ...

Japan and Italy have provided a model for other countries and even private organizations to more fully participate in the Artemis program.

NASA’s Artemis project aims to put humans on the moon for the first time in more than half a century. Japan is slated to take part in this program, providing both astronauts and a rover to aid in ...

NASA is ramping up its lunar ambitions by awarding nearly $600 million for four commercial Moon landings planned for late 2028. Each mission will carry the same trio of science instruments to improve ...

ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX's Starship megarocket. The Tokyo-based company announced today (July 8) that it has booked 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of cargo ...

Every year on July 20, the world celebrates International Moon Day to commemorate the historic landing of Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface. It was on this day in 1969 that NASA astronauts ...

A giant rocket’s tower of flame lifted three Americans and one Canadian at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the first crewed journey that will go around the moon since 1972. Kenneth Chang The Artemis II crew ...