The business of hurtling humans into space is getting routine on the Space Coast with the fourth flight of a SpaceX Crew ...

On July 26, 2025, the four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission made their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ...

JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

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 ...

A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...

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

JAXA and PickNik's goal was to demonstrate a complex, multi-armed robotic system capable of performing manipulation tasks in microgravity ...

JAXA officials remain optimistic that SLIM could revive in about one week, when, during the two-week lunar afternoon, the sun will be shining from the west, illuminating the solar panels.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will delay the maiden launch of its heavy-lift H3 rocket to Feb. 17 from Feb. 15 due to weather conditions, the space agency said on Tuesday.

The developers plan to hand the satellite, made from magnolia wood and named LignoSat, to space agency JAXA next week. It will be sent into space on a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center ...

If JAXA does unjam its door, Chandra will be an important tool to follow up XRISM's observations. Meanwhile, the ghosts of Suzaku and Hitomi will linger until the next attempt at opening the door.

Here are the seven Lunarcraft missions that await, according to JAXA: ٛMission 1 targets the basic for lunar base improvements of both laboratory and residential modules using logistics to plan ...