The flyby is a gravity assist that will save the spacecraft fuel as it prepares to land on the moon. The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace is ready for a flyby of ...

Resilience, which was built by Japanese company ispace, aced a flyby of the moon on Friday evening (Feb. 14), coming within a mere 5,220 miles (8,400 kilometers) of Earth's nearest neighbor.

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of Mercury, as scientists now work to guide BepiColombo into the planet’s ...