TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace aims to become the first non-U.S. company to achieve a controlled moon landing as it prepares for the touchdown of its second uncrewed spacecraft on ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its touchdown attempt on Friday, marking another failure two years after an ...

Whether Resilience lands safely or not, ispace is forging ahead. Its next mission, set for 2026, will debut a larger lander, Apex 1.0, aimed at expanding Japan's role in the growing lunar economy.

Takeshi Hakamada, CEO of Japanese firm ispace, bows after explaining that the communication of the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander developed by ispace has been cut off, in Tokyo on April 26, 2023.

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Following a December launch from Florida, Japanese private space company ispace attempted to put its Hakuto-R M1 lander on the surface of the moon on Tuesday. The team lost contact.

Japan’s ispace strikes deal with SpaceX for launches to the moon in 2020 and 2021 by Alan Boyle on September 26, 2018 at 7:58 pm Share 377 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

Japanese space exploration firm ispace is gearing up for its second shot at landing on the moon. The mission, featuring a lander named Resilience and a tiny rover dubbed Tenacious, is now targeted to ...

Whether Resilience lands safely or not, ispace is forging ahead. Its next mission, set for 2026, will debut a larger lander, Apex 1.0, aimed at expanding Japan's role in the growing lunar economy.

The Japanese moon venture known as ispace says it has recruited new corporate partners and struck a deal to put a commercial payload on its Hakuto-R lunar lander.

A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon on Sunday after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company. ispace Inc’s HAKUTO-R ...