Published 1 year ago

Tokyo Company Loses Contact With Moon Lander

Summary by Ground News

A commercial lunar rover, developed by the private Japanese company ispace in partnership with the United Arab Emirates, appears to have failed to achieve a soft lunar landing. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on December 11, ispace's Hakuto-R lander attempted to make a soft landing inside the Atlas Crater. The ispace team failed to subsequently establish communication with the lander, and as of writing, remains unable to do so.

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Times of India

Tokyo company loses contact with moon lander in likely crash

Rest of World News: A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed.

1 year ago·India

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BBC News

iSpace: Japanese Moon lander likely to have crashed

Communication was lost with Japan's Hakuto-R lunar moments before it was due to touch down.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Japanese firm’s pioneering moon landing fails

Ispace loses communication with Hakuto-R lunar lander, ending a mission that began more than four months ago

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Tokyo company loses contact with moon lander in likely crash

Japanese start-up ispace’s Hakuto-R lunar lander began descending toward the surface of the Moon, company officials said.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Contact lost with Japanese moon lander

A Japanese company is about to attempting to get a lander on the moon has lost contact with the craft.

1 year ago·Canada

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Reuters

Japan's ispace says moon lander unexpectedly accelerated and likely crashed

Japan's ispace inc said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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