A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small rover and several experiments intended to demonstrate how future missions could mine and harvest lunar resources.

Japan-based company Ispace will attempt to safely land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon this week after the lunar lander spent months in orbit.

A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini rover.

Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to win the new space race with China.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

A picture taken recently by a Japanese company’s spacecraft shows how your interpretation of objective reality can be tested by the power of illusion.

The private ispace Resilience lander is ready for a moon landing attempt at 3:17 p.m. ET on Thursday (June 5).

June's full moon, aka the Strawberry Moon, rises on June 11 at 12:43 AM PT. Here's what the full moon in Sagittarius means for your zodiac sign, according to celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas' PEOPLE exclusive readings.