A Japanese company hoping to carry out a rare private Moon landing says it is likely its lunar lander crashed on the surface. Communication was lost with Hakuto-R moments before it was due to touch down at approximately 16:40 GMT on Tuesday. Engineers are investigating what happened. The Tokyo-based iSpace […]
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TOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) – Japanese startup ispace (9348.T) said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed on Tuesday after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander, concluding it had most likely crashed on the lunar surface. “We lost the communication, so we have […]
A small, privately-funded Japanese spacecraft attempted to land on the moon Tuesday, but flight controllers in Tokyo lost contact with the craft during the final minutes of its descent when it either crashed or suffered a crippling malfunction. “We have not been able to confirm (a) successful landing on the […]
WASHINGTON — Controllers lost contact with a lunar lander developed by a Japanese company moments before its scheduled touchdown, raising fears the spacecraft crashed during its final descent. The HAKUTO-R M1 lunar lander, developed by Tokyo-based ispace, was scheduled to land at 12:40 p.m. Eastern April 25 in the vicinity […]
A Japanese company called ispace is about to attempt a landing on the moon. If successful, it will be the first private company to achieve such a feat, following in the footsteps of US, Chinese and Soviet national space agencies. What is the ispace mission? To put its lander, named […]
Artists impression of the Hakuto-R spacecraft. on the lunar surface A Japanese company hopes to land an uncrewed probe on the Moon on Tuesday. If it succeeds, the Hakuto-R M1 mission would be the first time a private firm has landed on the lunar surface. Once there, the lander will […]
WASHINGTON — As Japanese company ispace prepares to land on the moon for the first time, its stock is taking off on a Japanese exchange. The Tokyo-based company announced April 14 that it had lowered its HAKUTO-R M1 lander into its final orbit around the moon before landing. The spacecraft, […]
WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar exploration company ispace plans to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange next month, just before the company attempts its first landing on the moon. Tokyo-based ispace announced March 8 it won approval to list shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market, reserved for […]