Japan’s space program will take a giant leap forward as the country is set to land its first astronaut on the moon as early ...

A tiny robot no bigger than a baseball has quietly rewritten the rules of moon exploration. In January 2024, Japan's space agency JAXA successfully deployed a transforming rover named SORA-Q onto the ...

A lost signal marks the second imperfect attempt at a lunar landing for Tokyo-based company ispace A Japanese lunar lander ...

A tiny, ball-shaped rover has transformed how scientists study the moon. During Japan’s historic first lunar landing, this morphable robotic explorer rolled across the lunar surface, capturing images ...

There's a new space race to the moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA's Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the ...

Q, a 3-inch spherical transforming rover, which autonomously navigated the moon in 2024, showcasing innovative design inspired by toy technology.

NASA has selected three companies to fly four robotic lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million as part of its lunar ...