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 ...

This flight was ispace's second attempt at reaching the Moon. The first mission, launched in December 2022, failed four months later, on account of – you guessed it – bad telemetry and a loss ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...