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Japan’s space agency is about to launch a lunar lander and revolutionary satellite
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic...
SLIM lives! Japan's upside-down lander is online after a brutal lunar night
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSLIM is defying the odds yet again after a two-week lunar night. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
Japan makes history with its first uncrewed moon landing
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJapan's SLIM lander is the nation's first craft to arrive on the moon. The Japan Aerospace...
Japan becomes 5th country to reach the moon
Newsy via AOL· 5 months agoStaff of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency watch a live streaming of the pinpoint moon landing. Japan has become the fifth country in the history of...
NASA joins Japan's mission to collect the 1st samples of Mars moon Phobos
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed a deal on April 17 to cooperate on a mission...
Japan launches 'moon sniper' lunar lander SLIM into space
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan launched a lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA...
Japan launches second flagship H3 rocket a year after failed maiden attempt
CNN via AOL· 4 months agoJapan’s space agency says it has successfully launched its flagship H3 space rocket, a year after...
Japan's SLIM 'moon sniper' lander arrives in lunar orbit for Christmas
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA roughly cube-shaped spacecraft covered in solar panels descends to the surface of the moon. A...
Japan's SLIM moon lander regains power, resumes operations
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJapan's SLIM moon lander regained power and resumed operations, the nation's space agency said...
Japan's space programs and moon missions
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBy Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it tries a precision landing on Friday....