Japan’s ispace Fails in its Second Attempt to Place Resilience Lander on Moon Written 6 June 2025
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Developed by ispace, Hakuto-R Mission 2 is a robotic lunar landing mission launched 15 January 2025. | Credit: Artvill; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 4.0
Reuters reports, “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. Tokyo-based ispace had hoped to join U.S. firms Intuitive Machines and Firefly Aerospace in making successful commercial moon landings amid a global race that includes state-run lunar missions from China and India.”
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