Tag: Resilience lander

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Two Private Moon Landers at Once

The New York Times reports, “A space twofer took place early Wednesday morning — two lunar missions for the price of one rocket launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:11 a.m. Eastern time, carrying the Blue Ghost lander built by Firefly Aerospace of Austin, Texas, and the Resilience lander from Ispace of Japan.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Firefly Blue Ghost & HAKUTO-R M2 “Resilience”  (Launch at 00:56:42 mark)
(NASASpaceflight; YouTube)

Japan’s ispace Fails in its Second Attempt to Place Resilience Lander on Moon

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.”
Full Story (Reuters)