How VR is used to visit a world we can never reach
by I am standing so close to the JAXA Hayabusa2 asteroid lander that I could reach out and touch it. Instead, jump on top of it. …
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Japanese astronauts will join NASA’s moon landings instead of a lunar rover
The first non-American to walk on the moon is a Japanese astronaut, based on a new agreement between the United States and Japan. US President …
JAXA and Toyota’s lunar rover ‘Lunar Cruiser’ is now a Transformers toy
It can now be revealed that Japan’s proposal for a lunar rover in the future is “more than meets the eye.” As first announced last …
SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts share the good and bad of spending 6 months in space
Andreas Mogensen he was impressed by how smoothly he was landing. The first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut (and the first non-American) to serve as …
Japan’s SLIM lunar lander wakes up on the moon’s surface and takes new photos
Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the moon lander SLIM has suddenly woken up again after landing upside down. Mission operators …
Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon – the technology used will be suitable for future lunar missions
Japan landed its Smart Lunar Investigation, or SLIM, on the moon’s surface on January 20, 2024. Despite a power issue with the lander, the event …
Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ probe lands on the moon, but has a power problem
Japan is on the moon – for a few hours, at least. The nation’s robotic SLIM spacecraft touched down on the surface of the moon …
Japan contacts its ‘Moon Sniper’ craft after historic Moon landing
Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the Moon when its spacecraft landed on the lunar surface early Saturday, officials said. But an …
Japan’s space agency satisfies ’20 minutes of terror’ with moon landing attempt
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. As the first US lunar …