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The first lunar settlers might live in the space version of an RV, which is currently being developed by JAXA, NASA, and Toyota.

Off Roading

"This thing is the coolest element I’ve ever seen for people. It's like an RV for the Moon."

NASA Spokesperson Says Agency Is Working on an "RV for the Moon"

Japanese space agency JAXA announced today it has greenlit a sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos called the Martian Moons Exploration mission.

The Red Round-Trip

It could become the first ever spacecraft to make it to the Martian system and back.

Japan Gives the 'Go' to Sample Return Mission to Mars Moon

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine proposed to send Japanese astronauts to the Moon in the late 2020s as part of a joint plan with the US.

Moon Race

Will NASA return astronauts to the Moon by 2024 with Japan's help?

NASA Proposed Sending Japanese Astronauts to the Moon

The launch pad for a Japanese rocket inexplicably caught fire, forcing the nation to abort an International Space Station supply mission.

This Is Fine

"Now we are trying to extinguish a fire."

Japanese Rocket's Launch Pad Inexplicably Bursts Into Flames

Watch footage of Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 return to the site of where it bombed asteroid Ruyugu in order to scoop up rock samples.

Asteroid Blaster

The spacecraft left a 10-meter crater when it bombed the asteroid's surface in April.

Watch a Japanese Spacecraft Grab Rock Samples From Tiny Asteroid

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a video of the asteroid bombing mission recently undertaken by its Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

Bombs Away

See the projectile's launch from Hayabusa2's perspective.

Japan Releases Video of Its Spacecraft Bombing an Asteroid

The bombing isn't an act of space vandalism. The goal is to blow a 10-meter crater in asteroid in order to see what it looks like on the inside.

Big Boom

Die, asteroid! Die!

Japan Lobs Bomb to Blow Hole in Asteroid... For Science

Japan's space agency is partnering with Toyota to build a six-wheeled, self-driving vehicle to explore the surface of the Moon as soon as 2029.

Moon Rover

The six-wheeled concept can drive itself for over 6,000 miles with two passengers on board.

See the Moon Rover Toyota Is Building for Japan's Space Program

JAXA releases a video of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landing on tiny asteroid Ryugu and shooting it with a bullet.

Watch the spacecraft "achieve a perfect somersault" over a tiny asteroid.

New Video Shows Japanese Probe Shooting Asteroid With Bullet

Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 just touched down on the surface of Ryugu for the third time to collect samples after firing a bullet at its surface.

Hayabusa2

The spacecraft successfully fired a bullet at the surface of an asteroid.

Japan Just Landed a Robot Spacecraft on an Asteroid

A team at Japanese space agency JAXA is preparing to shoot a metallic bullet at the surface of Ryugu, a tiny 1km asteroid.