Resilience, the second lunar lander by Japanese company ispace, during prelaunch preparations. Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Japanese company ispace says it believes its second lunar lander mission ...

Japanese aerospace and robotics company iSpace has announced why it believes its recent attempt to land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon failed. It was all reportedly down to a misfiring laser ...

A lander built by Japanese company ispace crashed on the lunar surface while attempting to make the nation's first private moon landing earlier this month — and now we know why. Today (June 24), ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface. When you purchase through links ...

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