Japan may join U.S. space project in quest to achieve manned moon landing
Japan will consider joining a U.S.-proposed project to build a new space station orbiting the moon, hoping such a move will boost the chances of sending Japanese astronauts to the lunar surface, government officials said Friday. The move indicates Tokyo's desire to not fall behind ...
Japan's lunar probe discovers moon cave, which may be optimal base for space exploration
Observation data collected by Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya has found a cave stretching about 50 km (30 miles) on the moon that could potentially serve as a shelter for astronauts on future missions, an international research team including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has ...
Entrepreneur Elon Musk, who envisions a human colony on Mars, said Friday he is also planning to create a SpaceX rocket ship capable of traveling anywhere on Earth in under an hour. If the concept becomes reality, a journey from Tokyo to New York ...
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 moon sample bag fetches $1.8 million at auction
A bag used by U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first samples of moon dust back to Earth was sold to an anonymous bidder for $1.8 million at an auction in New York on Thursday marking the 48th anniversary of the first moon ...
From Tottori dunes to the moon, Japan's Xprize team hopes to win lunar rover race
A private-sector group of some 100 engineers and other experts is finalizing preparations to launch a lunar probe, hoping to achieve the first feat in Japan's history of space exploration. The 58-cm rover will be launched aboard an Indian rocket in December for the Google ...
Skygazers were treated to an extra-bright "supermoon" on Nov. 14, the largest in 68 years.
'Supermoon' looms Monday night but overcast may dampen Japan's view
Skygazers will be treated to an extra-bright "supermoon" on Monday night, the largest moon in 68 years. According to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the full moon will get closest to the Earth this year on Monday. The moon's diameter will be 1.14 times ...
Deep space mining seen costing $27 billion, or half the price of huge Aussie gas terminal
Getting a mine up and running on the moon or an asteroid would cost less than building the biggest gas terminals on Earth, according to research presented to a forum of company executives and NASA scientists. A mission to Ceres, a dwarf planet 257 million ...
Japan delays launch of unmanned lunar lander to second half of fiscal 2019
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to renovate its rocket-launch complex in southwestern Japan, and has delayed the launch of the country's first unmanned moon landing to fiscal 2019.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to attempt Japan's first lunar landing in fiscal 2018, sources close to the project said Sunday. JAXA has said it will use unmanned probes to study the possible use of materials on the moon as well as ...
NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday. The finding resolves a mystery about the largest moon in the solar system after NASA's now-defunct ...
