After going through more rounds of training and final assessments, the pair will become the 12th and 13th people sent into space by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Yoneda could be ...

One lunar scientist told BBC News: "Now we're really seeing the science." Jaxa A lunar surface scan mosaic image captured by the Slim The craft is at a very awkward angle. A picture, captured by ...

JAXA is working on a pressurized rover together ... the project morphed over the years into something that became known as the Lunar Cruiser, taking after the carmaker’s hit Earth-roaming ...

The Lunar Cruiser will be equipped with a robotic arm ... the latter half of the 2020s but there’s no specific date yet. JAXA and Toyota first signed a joint research agreement for the lunar ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is developing the vehicle, nicknamed the Lunar Cruiser, with Toyota Motor ... s first manned lunar missions. JAXA said it has not chosen astronauts for ...

Jaxa produced this render of Slim to show the awkward landing orientation that pointed the solar cells away from the Sun Japan's Moon lander has survived the harsh lunar night, the sunless and ...

However, now that it has entered the lunar orbit, things are about to heat up, as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepares for the SLIM probe’s landing procedures to kick off on ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched a lunar orbiter satellite, "Kaguya," on September 14, 2007. This orbiter had 15 observational instruments, including NHK's Hi-Vision (HDTV ...

“Takara–Tomy benefits by advertizing how these robots will be used on the Moon and from selling replicas, while JAXA benefits from gaining robots to explore the lunar surface,” he explains.

Japan's space agency, Jaxa, has confirmed Slim spacecraft's response to commands from Earth, demonstrating its resilience during the harsh lunar nights. Despite a nose-down landing, Slim fulfils ...

The Sun will eventually set on the lander and Jaxa has previously warned that it was not designed to survive a lunar night, when the surface of the Moon is not exposed to the Sun for about 14 days.