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Reuters on MSN · 2d

Japan's ispace fails again: Resilience lander crashes on moon

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its touchdown attempt on Friday, marking another failure two years after an unsuccessful inaugural mission.

Space.com · 2d

Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in 'hard landing,' ispace says

The Resilience spacecraft went dark during its landing attempt on June 5, and likely hit the moon too fast. The company will try again in 2027.

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

Japan's Ispace Counts Down to Second Moon-Landing Attempt on Friday

After Friday's landing on Mare Frigoris, a lunar sea relatively close to the moon's north pole, scheduled for 4:17 a.m. Japan time (1917 GMT, Thursday), the 2.3-metre-high lander and the microwave-sized rover are tasked to capture images of regolith, the moon's fine-grained surface material.

SpaceX Drama and Japan's Lunar Setback: Challenges in Space Exploration

SpaceX's $22 billion government contracts are in jeopardy after a fallout between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, potentially ...

3d

How to watch a historic moon landing on Thursday

A startup is aiming to become the first commercial company in Japan to successfully land on the moon, and also deliver the ...

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