Japanese startup among firms chosen for NASA's moon delivery bid
NASA announced Friday nine U.S. space companies chosen to bid on delivery services to the moon, including Draper Laboratory Inc., whose team includes Japanese lunar exploration startup ispace Inc. NASA is soliciting proposals to deliver science and technology payloads, such as small rovers and instruments, ...
Zozo chief Yusaku Maezawa eyes world peace and inspiration with SpaceX moon trip
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who is scheduled to take a trip to the moon in 2023, said Tuesday that he wants to use the opportunity to make a name for himself around the world and promote his initiatives, while also expressing his expectation that ...
Jeff Bezos' space company designing large, reusable lunar lander
Jeff Bezos' space company is in the conceptual design phase of a large lunar lander that it says will provide reusable access to the moon's surface and its resources, Blue Origin said on Wednesday. The lander is part of Blue Origin's broader mission of enabling ...
Newly confirmed water on moon has NASA chief excited about prospects for humans' return
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has a vision for "sustainable" human exploration of the moon, and he cites the newly confirmed ice on the lunar surface as a key to success. "We know that there's hundreds of billions of tons of water ice on the surface ...
'Blood Moon' dazzles stargazers in longest lunar eclipse of 21st century
A blood-red moon dazzled stargazers across much of the world on Friday when it moved into Earth's shadow for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century. From the Cape of Good Hope to the Middle East, and from the Kremlin to Sydney Harbour, thousands ...
Japan must work closely with the U.S., South Korea, and China to ensure that North Korea commits to irreversible denuclearization and then follows through on that promise.
U.S. and South Korean diplomacy with North Korea can only succeed if it is realistic and hard-nosed.
Rare 'lunar trifecta' battles cloud cover to make appearance in night skies over Japan
Many of the nation's stargazers were treated to a celestial show Wednesday night with the appearance of a "super blue blood moon," a phenomenon caused by the rare confluence of three lunar events. According to NASA, which called the event a "lunar trifecta," a supermoon ...
On the night of Jan. 31 the moon will disappear completely into the Earth's shadow in a total lunar eclipse that will be visible all over Japan.
Japanese space startup raises ¥10.2 billion toward 2020 moonshot effort
Japanese companies are planning to kick-start the lunar economy by backing a local startup's mission to land on the moon by 2020. Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said on Wednesday it has raised ¥10.2 billion ($90 million) from some of the country's biggest businesses, including Japan Airlines ...
Trump tells NASA to send astronauts back to moon and later to Mars but offers no concrete budget
President Donald Trump directed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to send American astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars, shifting the agency's mission from the study of Earth. "This is a giant step toward that inspiring future and toward reclaiming America's proud ...
