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Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry
Japan's primary rocket builder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is another titan of Japanese industry, but it has never launched ...
Why Japanese Moon mission’s failure during landing marks yet another setback for private operators
This is the second failure for the Hakuto-R mission to land on the Moon. Its previous attempt in 2023 had also been ...
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Turbulence in Space: Musk-Trump Feud & Japan's Lunar Challenges
Recent developments shake the space sector as Elon Musk's clash with Donald Trump risks $22 billion in SpaceX contracts.
Japan's ispace fails again: Resilience lander crashes on moon
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its ...
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Japanese space startup Ispace fails in second moon-landing mission
The firm had been aiming to become the first private company outside the United States to achieve a soft landing on the moon.
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Japan’s ispace fails in bid for moon landing
Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the moon’s surface during its lunar touchdown ...
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Japanese spacecraft has probably crash-landed on Moon — again
Early investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and a sensor measuring the craft’s altitude.
NewsBytes13d
Japan's private lunar lander mission ends in failure, again
Japan's private spacecraft, Resilience, crashed into the moon's surface during its landing attempt, marking a second failure ...
Mission Failed: Japan's ispace Confirms Its Moon Lander Crashed During Descent
This marks ispace's second failure after its first lander crashed in April 2023. It is also the second Moon landing attempt ...
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Japan's ispace aims for historic lunar landing with Resilience lander
TOKYO: Japanese company ispace is set to attempt the lunar touchdown of its uncrewed spacecraft on Friday (Jun 6), two years ...