On June 9, 2017, he decided to trademark the “devil horns” hand gesture as his own invention. In his application, he claimed that he invented the hand movement back in 1974.

ispace CEO and founder Takeshi Hakamada, center, attends a press conference about their private lunar lander's attempt on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

On May 5, 2025, Interlune — a Seattle-based startup — announced a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): they’ll deliver helium-3, harvested from the moon, to Earth by 2029 ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has begun revealing how it plans to establish itself as a provider of hardware that will enable long-term human stays on the moon.

Resilience, a lunar lander produced by the Japanese aerospace firm Ispace, has crashed into the Moon's surface. The lander was Ispace's second failed attempt at placing a spacecraft on the Moon; a ...

Private Lunar Lander From Japan Crashes Into Moon in Failed Mission A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the ...

A partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, will feature the remarkable “devil’s horns” effect, visible in specific regions of North America and Europe. Coastal areas and high elevations ...

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.

Without the need for additives, it heats lunar soil powder to temperatures between 1,400 and 1,500 C, melts it into a syrup-like liquid and then draws ultrafine fibers — much thinner than a ...

The public meltdown between the SpaceX founder and the president has given moon advocates in Congress and industry an opening — and they’re seizing it.

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.

Moody felt Hardik needed to show more responsibility as captain. “He should have come back and grabbed the bull by the horns,” he added.