Two moon landers built by private U.S. and Japanese companies are on their way to the moon after lifting off early Wednesday ...

Japan's Ispace, US's Firefly Launch Commercial Moon Landers By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S ...

The MoonHouse will hitch a ride with the lunar lander Resilience from Japanese company ispace, launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket where it will travel for four to six months before landing on ...

A lunar lander developed by a Japanese startup has successfully entered orbit after being launched on a US rocket from the ...

TOKYO, January 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ispace, inc. (ispace)(TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, announced today that its RESILIENCE lunar lander has successfully deployed from a ...

They shared the ride to save money, taking separate roundabout routes for the monthslong journey.It’s take 2 for the Tokyo-based ispace, whose first lander crashed into the moon two years ago.

It took the landers from the US company Firefly Space and iSpace from Japan on their way to the moon. The first of the two landers is expected to arrive there at the beginning of March.