Jaxa produced this render of Slim to show the awkward landing orientation that pointed the solar cells away from the Sun Japan's Moon lander has survived the harsh lunar night, the sunless and ...

I imagine that’s how it is for ordinary holidaymakers, anywhere. In Japan, the lunar calendar has basically been out of use since the Meiji Era (1868-1912). But there are countries where the use ...

While Japan has technically become the fifth country ... which was meant to be the first US Moon lander to softly touch down on the lunar surface in over half a century, subsequently drifted ...

In premodern times Japan also celebrated a lunar new year (Setsubun), but since the adoption of the Western calendar in Japan in 1873 the official New Year’s Day has been January 1. Some people ...

Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night. According to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon touched ...

Japan's Moon lander ended up on its nose when it made its historic touchdown on the lunar surface. The first picture of the stricken Slim spacecraft shows it rotated 90 degrees from how it should ...

I can’t explain the sheer beauty of a lantern festival. As a kid, I went to a summer camp that at the end of every summer we ...

For the first time in 13 years, Japan has certified two new astronauts ... continue training in anticipation of joining the future lunar missions. In a time of both misinformation and too much ...

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of ...

Lunar landing attempts are becoming so frequent ... Intuitive Machines, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The wide-ranging discussion ...

Japan's Moon lander has survived the harsh lunar night, the sunless and freezing equivalent to two Earth weeks. "Last night, a command was sent to #SLIM and a response received," national space ...