Graduate and undergraduate students at three university-led teams will try to solve aviation challenges and improve flight in ...

But failures are rife, and last year another Japanese start-up, ispace, tried in vain to become the first private company to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty ...

A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander has successfully touched down on the moon. NASA is still working to determine its position and location.

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

The current plan calls for Resilience to land that day at 3:24 p.m. EST (2024 GMT) near the center of Mare Frigoris ("Sea of ...

Recent space exploration news highlights include a second delay for Europe's Ariane 6 launch, Firefly Aerospace's successful ...

March 4 (UPI) -- Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced Tuesday it will aim to place a lander on the moon on ...

Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its moon lander, following the success of its ...

Japanese space startup ispace Inc. said Tuesday its lander will attempt a Moon touchdown on June 6, following a 2023 failure, which could make it the first Japanese private company to accomplish the ...