JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface.

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

A Japanese-built moon lander called Resilience has crashed during its attempt to softly land on the lunar surface. This was Japan’s second try at reaching the moon with a private spacecraft, and ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again. Five hours after the landing time of 3:17 p.m ...

China, in collaboration with Russia and other countries, has also set a goal of building a lunar base by 2045. India also has ...

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.Related video above: SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodesNASA released the pictures ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday.

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on Friday.

A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The ...