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The mission, with its aircraft named Resilience, is its second attempt on the moon, following its failed inaugural mission in 2023.
Japanese Moon Lander Resilience Loses Contact. (X/@ispace_inc)
Japanese space company ispace has lost contact with its uncrewed moon lander Resilience following a lunar touchdown attempt on Friday. Despite efforts by mission control engineers to reestablish communication, no signal has been received from the lander.
The company posted on X that “We have not yet been able to establish communication," adding that control centre members are “continuing to work to contact the lander."
The mission, with its aircraft named Resilience, is its second attempt on the moon, following its failed inaugural mission in 2023.
After its first lunar mission failed two years ago, ispace’s Resilience lander embarked on a second attempt, aiming to become the first non-US company to land on the moon successfully.
According to the company’s live-streamed flight data, Resilience’s altitude suddenly dropped to zero just before the scheduled touchdown time of 4:17 a.m. JST on Friday (1917 GMT on Thursday), following a descent from lunar orbit that lasted about an hour.
The control room footage showed tense engineers with anxious expressions, surrounded by Ispace employees, shareholders, and government officials, all falling silent as the moment of truth arrived.
Takeshi Hakamada, ispace CEO, will hold a press conference later in the evening to offer an update on the mission.
Location :Japan
First Published:News world Japan's Ispace Loses Contact With Moon Lander After Touchdown Attempt
