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Japan lost contact with Akatsuki, the only spacecraft to connect Earth to Venus

The $300 million spacecraft was launched in 2010, but the mission failed to reach the orbit of Venus on the first attempt due to main engine failure. The "Akatsuki" orbited the Sun for five years before finally approaching the planet. The main missi...

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The Odysseus mission is about to run out of power, and Japan's first lunar module suddenly "woke up" after a two-week overnight stay

Last week, the Intuitive Machines Odysseus spacecraft landed on the Moon, although the mission faced difficulties - the team reported problems with a switch that was supposed to activate lasers for a safe landing. Fortunately, an experimental NASA n...

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The Odysseus mission is about to run out of power, and Japan's first lunar module suddenly "woke up" after a two-week overnight stay

Last week, the Intuitive Machines Odysseus spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon, although the mission faced difficulties - the team reported issues with a switch that was supposed to activate lasers for a safe landing. Fortunately, the spacecr...

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Japan's SLIM probe sent this creepy photo from the moon before going into two weeks of "hibernation"

The module that landed on the Moon last month has entered a two-week "hibernation" period, from which it may not return. The long-awaited landing of the Japanese lunar exploration device on January 20 was marked by SLIM flipping more than necessary—...

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Japan's SLIM lunar probe restored power after landing upside down

Japanese lunar exploration apparatus (SLIM) has been restored after it tipped over on January 20 after landing on the Moon, causing its solar panels to be misaligned. On Monday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that communicati...

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Japan's space agency JAXA has confirmed that the SLIM spacecraft is upside down on the moon

Last Saturday, Japan reached a space milestone, landing softly on the Moon for the first time in its history, becoming only the fifth country to do so. However, shortly after the landing, the Japanese space agency JAXA confirmed that the SLIM spacecr...

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