ispace is done analyzing data from its failed Hakuto-R lunar landing, and it sounds like tricky terrain and a late change in the landing site are to blame. Apparently, Hakuto-R was able to complete ...

A historic attempt to land a privately-funded spacecraft on the Moon has come to an uncertain end, with the fate of ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander still unclear. The Japanese startup is currently ...

ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 was poised to make history. It was going to be the first successful moon landing by a private company and the first Japanese lunar landing overall. But shortly before the ...

The Japanese lunar lander likely crashed on the moon's surface on Tuesday, according to ispace, the company that launched the spacecraft. The scientists lost communication with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 ...

Communications with the ispace lander were lost around the time it was supposed to land on the Moon. Credit: ispace Ispace’s attempted landing of its Hakuto-R spacecraft on the Moon appears to have ...

June 24 (UPI) --Japanese company ispace said Tuesday that a "hard landing" during its attempted lunar landing in early June was due to an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder. In the analysis of the ...

Today ispace, inc.(ispace), a global lunar exploration company with its headquarters in Japan and regional offices in the United States and Europe, released key updates for its Mission 1 (M1) launch ...

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