He went on to say that iSpace was still committed to hitting its next launch window, which would send another spacecraft to the Moon sometime in 2027 using the company's new Apex 1.0 lander.

In the analysis of the "SMBC X HAKUTO-R VENTURE MOON" mission 2 ispace said the hard landing was due to an "anomaly in the laser rangefinder hardware," and the telemetry data also revealed no issues ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The crash ...

New Delhi: A Japanese company, ispace, recently reported that their lunar lander crashed into the moon earlier this month due to a malfunctioning laser navigating tool. Officials announced the ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo yesterday. The crash ...

Resilience made its descent from 100 kilometers above the moon’s surface to 20 kilometers normally, and its main engine fired to initiate the deceleration process before ispace’s connection to ...

ispace-Europe and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have signed a deal to transport a compact laser retroreflector array (LaRA2) to the dark side of the Moon. The optical device, a much more compact ...