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 ...

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 ...

Japanese company ispace's Resilience lander will attempt to touch down on the moon. "The solar-powered lander carried five ...

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.

But he stressed that the company would press ahead with more lunar missions. On Wednesday, ispace released footage from the Resilience lander circling the moon, ahead of Thursday's planned 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.

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 ...

This photo provided by ispace in January 2025 shows the Resilience lunar lander. (ispace via AP, File) A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with just another month to go ...

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 ...

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) ...

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.