SpaceX has sent Japanese and U.S. lunar landers on separate missions in a major step in the race to commercialize the Moon.

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 ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Japanese company ispace that attempted to send a lunar lander to the moon in 2023 plans to launch its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 in mid-January. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 ...

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 ...

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.

ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX's unusual double ...