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Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission
A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...
Japan's ispace fails again at lunar touchdown with Resilience lander
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the moon's ...
In second straight failure, Japanese probe makes mission-ending "hard" landing on the moon
A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini ...
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Japan’s ispace loses second moon lander as contact breaks before touchdown
Resilience lander fell silent near Mare Frigoris during descent, stalling a mission carrying a NASA rover, art payload, and ...
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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. A spacecraft from Japan attempting to make the ...
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Japan’s ispace fails again, Resilience lander crashes on moon surface
The company said it was unable to communicate with the spacecraft after a likely hard landing. The rover had problems ...
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Japan's ispace tries lunar touchdown again with Resilience lander
Resilience carries a four-wheeled rover built by ispace's Luxembourg subsidiary and payloads worth a total of $16 million, including scientific instruments from Japanese firms and a Taiwanese ...