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 ...

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 ...

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 on Tuesday. The crash ...

Ispace’s European subsidiary and the Italian Space Agency plan to deploy a laser reflector on the Moon in 2026 to help with lunar mapping and navigation. The laser retroreflector array (LaRA2 ...