Shares of Japanese moon lander-maker Ispace went untraded on a glut of buy orders on their market debut as investors bet on the startup and the country’s space-development efforts. Shares were ...

Japanese company ispace plans to launch Mission 2, its second shot at landing on the moon, this December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...

Japan’s Ispace, which makes moon landers, has soared in its public market debut as investors bet on the startup’s prospects for supporting space development efforts. Shares traded at ¥1,135 ...

After Friday’s landing on Mare Frigoris, a lunar sea relatively close to the moon’s north pole, scheduled for 4:17 a.m. Japan time (1917 GMT, Thursday), the 2.3-metre-high lander and the ...

Concept image of ispace's lunar lander and exploration vehicle on the moon. The crafts will be carried to space by a rocket launched from the U.S. as early as December. (ispace) ...

TOKYO -- Japanese startup ispace said on Wednesday that its attempt to make the first touchdown on the moon with a private probe had failed after it lost contact with its lunar lander.

WASHINGTON--Japanese space startup ispace’s lunar lander reached its farthest distance from Earth and, despite minor technical hitches during the moonshot, is on track for a lunar landing ...

A Japanese attempt to make lunar history appears to have failed. Engineers say the privately funded moon lander likely made what's known as a "hard landing," and communication with it has been lost.

Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a $177m NASA contract to deliver five payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029.

The ispace lander will aim for Atlas crater in the northeastern section of the moon's near side, more than 50 miles (87 kilometers) across and just over 1 mile (2 kilometers) deep.