There’s a long tradition of science fiction gizmos pre-dating — if not outright influencing — the technology that follows. The latest example is the Lunar Cruiser, a joint venture between Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), automotive juggernaut Toyota, and NASA. Fans of The Martian and other near-future works of speculative fiction will recognize the general […]
I'm Still Alive Japan's first Moon lander just refuses to die. The spacecraft dubbed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has sent back yet another image three months after it landed upside down on the lunar surface. That means it has survived a third lunar night, just over two Earth weeks of freezing temperatures and […]