Japan achieves soft lunar landing, faces power challenge with Moon Sniper spacecraft

In a historic achievement, Japan joined the ranks of nations that have successfully achieved a soft lunar landing.

In a historic achievement, Japan joined the ranks of nations that have successfully achieved a soft lunar landing.

NASA on Saturday halted a countdown and postponed a planned attempt to launch the first test flight of its giant next-generation rocket, the first mission to the agency's Moon-Mars-Artemis program for the second time in five days.

NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to launch on Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to return humans to the Moon and certainly Mars.