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 ...

Since ispace's first landing attempt in 2023, India's Chandrayaan-3 has successfully touched down, Japan's SLIM lander made a successful yet lopsided landing, China's Chang'e 6 collected the first ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface.

Currently, ispace's Resilience moon lander is scheduled to land on Thursday, June 5, at 3:17 p.m. EDT (1917 GMT), though it will be 4:17 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Friday, June 6, at touchdown time.

STORY: A room of more than 500 ispace employees, shareholders, sponsors and Japanese government officials abruptly grew silent on Friday (June 6).Flight data from the company's moon lander was ...

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said it has not been able to establish communication with its uncrewed moon lander following its lunar touchdown attempt on Friday, two ...

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Japanese startup ispace aims to become the first non-U.S. company to achieve a controlled moon landing as it prepares for the touchdown of its second uncrewed spacecraft on Friday, two years after ...

Japanese company ispace's Resilience lander will attempt to touch down on the moon. "The solar-powered lander carried five ...

Ispace says it’s raised nearly $95 million in funding to support the Hakuto-R campaign. The 2020 mission would put a probe in lunar orbit, and the 2021 mission would send a lander and rover ...

Japan’s ispace strikes deal with SpaceX for launches to the moon in 2020 and 2021. by Alan Boyle on September 26, 2018 at 7:58 pm September 26, 2018 at 7:58 pm. Share 377 Tweet Share Reddit Email.