This little rover will ride shotgun on Japan’s ambitious Mars moon sample-return mission
A small rover built in Europe has arrived in Japan in preparation for its voyage to Mars. The autonomous 55-pound…
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A small rover built in Europe has arrived in Japan in preparation for its voyage to Mars. The autonomous 55-pound…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is targeting a small near-Earth asteroid as part of its extended mission — and you could help…
Nikkei 225 gains as much as 1 percent after last month beating 1989 record. Japan’s benchmark stock market index has…
As a Japanese moon lander again went dormant, controllers bid farewell. The sun stopped shining above SLIM, short for “Smart…
Japan’s Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency said…
The second time was the charm for Japan’s new H3 rocket. The H3 reached orbit and successfully deployed a satellite…
The Japanese economy contracted at the end of last year, defying expectations for modest growth and pushing the country into…
Japan’s historic SLIM moon lander has powered down ahead of a likely mission-ending cold lunar nighttime — but not before…
Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the SLIM moon lander is suddenly awake again after arriving…
Japan’s Moon lander has sent back its first images of the lunar surface, showing a gray, rubble-covered world in incredible…