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Ispace blames laser tool for its second crash landing on the moon
A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.
EU's Space Act would track space objects and clear satellite debris
The European Commission made a proposal Wednesday to clean up Europe's space sector while also reducing its footprint and ...
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It Was a Laser That Crashed Europe's First Rover on the Moon After All
Japanese company ispace confirms that a fault in the laser range finder of the Resilience lander caused the spacecraft to ...
NASA orbiter snaps photo of Japanese moon lander wreckage
NASA, for its part, had already spotted the wreckage. About a week after the crash, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed about 50 miles above the landing site, Mare Frigoris — and snapped a photo ...
Axiom-4 commercial mission launches for ISS after delays
NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space successfully launched their Axiom-4 mission early Wednesday, sending four astronauts in what is ...
Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on moon
A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.
NASA and ISRO Confirm Japan’s Moon Lander Resilience Crashed at Mare Frigoris
LRO and Chandrayaan-2 captured debris of Japan’s crashed moon lander Rangefinder failure led to Resilience’s uncontrolled high-speed descent ispace confirms crash cause and plans future missions with ...