Japanese moon landing mission failed. Hakuto-R crash-landed on the moon.

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Japanese moon landing mission failed

Hakuto-R crash-landed on the moon

Yesterday, it was time for the Japanese company Ispace to carry out its first moon landing, but unfortunately it did not go as planned. Initially, Ispace's moon vehicle Hakuto-R descended as intended, but when the vehicle was about 90 meters from the moon's surface, contact was lost.

Ispace stated in a comment afterwards that they assume Hakuto-R crashed on the moon's surface and that the mission had failed. If Hakuto-R had successfully performed a soft landing on the moon, Ispace would have become the first private company to achieve this. Previously, only the United States, China, and the Soviet Union have successfully soft-landed spacecraft on the moon's surface. Israeli companies SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace attempted to land the spacecraft Beresheet on the moon in 2019, but that also ended in a crash landing.

Ispace plans new attempts in 2024 and 2025

Ispace plans to send additional moon landers in both 2024 and 2025, which hopefully will be more successful than yesterday's attempt. In the video above, you can see a summary of Hakuto-R's attempt to soft-land on the moon, as well as some comments from Ispace after the failed landing.

ispace-inc.com

Science,

Ispace, Hakuto-R, SpaceIL, Israel Aerospace, Beresheet

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