NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

By building a lightweight lander, JAXA aims to reduce launch costs and allow more frequent missions. SLIM weighs a little more than 700 kg (1,540 lb) at launch, or less than half of India’s ...

In cooperation with NASA, JAXA will look at the strength of ... is the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, a lightweight lunar lander. The Smart Lander won’t make lunar orbit for ...

It builds on the success of Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission ... and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, will make its sixth flyby of Mercury in January ...

From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and what they told ...

Developed by JAXA ... lander carries multiple scientific payloads, including a microrover named Tenacious, which will collect luna... 2024 saw significant space exploration advancements. Japan's ...

An image taken by Sora-Q, an accompanying robot, shows Japan's SLIM lander safely landed, but tipped on its nose. On Jan. 19, Japan's Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its ...

An image taken by Sora-Q, an accompanying robot, shows Japan's SLIM lander safely landed, but tipped on its nose. On Jan. 19, Japan's Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when ...