‘Miracle’ Japan’s Moon lander survives second lengthy lunar night, defying predictions
Japan's first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong…
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NASA Spacecraft successfully communicates with India’s Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon – India TV
Image Source : NASA NASA Spacecraft successfully communicates with India's Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the Moon
A laser instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft in lunar orbit which has successfully sent signals to India's Chandrayaan-3 mission's Vikram lander, as per the US space agency. The laser beam was transmitted and bounced between the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)…
Japan Spacecraft Believed to Have Crashed on Moon During Landing
Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said it lost contact with a lander bound for the moon and that the craft, which didn't have anyone on board, likely crashed, a big setback for the company's efforts in space transportation and Japan's push into the cosmos more broadly.Ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander was scheduled to touch down early Wednesday morning Japan time, in what would have been among the very first commercial space attempts to place a lander on the moon intact. But communication was lost shortly after engineers…
Japan’s private moon lander assumed lost after attempted landing
A private Japanese moon mission failed on Tuesday after…
Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
It will take nearly five months for the lander and its experiments to reach the moon.
A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that's designed to roll around up there in the gray dust. It will take nearly five months for the lander and its experiments to reach the moon. The company ispace designed its craft to use minimal fuel to save money and leave more room for cargo.…
Japanese company aims to put first private lander on Moon, with UAE rover on board
SpaceX is set Wednesday to launch the first private -- and Japanese -- lander to the Moon.
SpaceX is set Wednesday to launch the first private -- and Japanese -- lander to the Moon. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off at 3:39 am (0839 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a backup date on Thursday. Until now, only the United States, Russia and China have managed to put a robot on the lunar surface. The mission, by Japanese company ispace, is the first of a program called Hakuto-R. The lander would…