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Japan Space Ambitions Dealt Blow

Reuters on MSN · 10h

Japan's ispace fails again: Resilience lander crashes on moon

By Kantaro Komiya 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 unsuccessful inaugural mission.

Bloomberg on MSN · 14h

Japan Space Ambitions Dealt Blow After Ispace Moon Landing Fails

Tokyo-based ispace Inc.’s second lunar lander attempt failed after it lost contact, a blow to Japan’s burgeoning commercial space industry. Ispace’s Resilience lander did not decelerate in time, and it was highly likely it made a hard landing on the moon,

Space.com · 20h

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.

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Inside the Wild Plan to Build a City on the Moon by 2040

A Japanese company plans to build a lunar city within 15 years, but first, it has to survive back-to-back mission failures.

Second ispace lunar lander presumed lost

WASHINGTON — Resilience, the second mission by Japanese company ispace, likely crashed attempting a landing on the moon June ...

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