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(CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer landed on the lunar surface, but the mission may end prematurely since the spacecraft’s solar cell is not generating electricity, the Japan Aerospace ...

TOKYO – A Japanese space explorer was launched Wednesday on a six-year roundtrip journey to blow a crater in a remote asteroid and collect samples from inside in hopes of gathering clues to the origin ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action after a power issue forced the spacecraft to shut down hours after landing on the moon 10 days ago, the country’s space agency ...

Fame at last for Japanese explorer who almost reached the South Pole Nobu Shirase left Japan in 1910, at a time when very few others did, and travelled south to eventually become the first ...