According to mission officials, a Japanese spacecraft is trying to achieve the country’s first private moon landing, crashed on the lunar surface. Flexibility Lander developed by Tokyo-based ISPACE, lost communication one minute and 45 seconds before its scheduled soft touchdown at EDT at 3:17 pm on 5 June. The dynasty was targeted to the mare frigoris region near the moon. ISPACE had its second problem on the moon when its laser rangefinder broke, which is a major improvement on its pre -failure in April 2023.
Japan’s flexibility crashes in Lunar Lander Hard Landing, pledges to learn and reconstruct the steel
As Government statement From ISPACE, flexibility from telemetry showed that the delayed data of the rangefinder caused failure to adjust the landing speed. This possibility led to a “hard landing”, suggesting that the spacecraft hit the moon surface to survive very fast or complete its mission. Lander, to carry five payloads, such as a tanmay rover andScientist Instruments, crasheds without any remaining. The CEO of the firm, Takeshi Hakmada apologized and commented that the company would use the mission to learn about future missions.
Hakuto-R Mission 2 team launched a 7.5-foot tall, 2,200-pound flexibility lander in space Spacex Falcon 9 rocket in early May. But with an ideal orbit, the lander collapsed at a distance of 192 meters in the lunar surface – a echo of the failure of the mission of Mission 1 in 2023, which crashed because a mistake was not corrected in one of its height sensors.
The flexibility combines personal efforts to detect the crash moon, including unsuccessful plumshit and Peregreen missions. Crew landing such as Odisius and Blue Ghost prove that dreams of commercial space are possible. The second Hakuto-R Mission was a private attempt and a shock to Japan’s space ambitions. Failure has not stopped ispace Development for Mission 3 and Mission 4 with its big top 1.0 lander.
Hakamada mentioned that priority for the team is now to find out what is the reason for the accident. “The supporters are disappointed,” CFO Nosaki says, “but the Space has yet to cover the moon, and the road does not end, even if Mission 2 has not gone according to the plan.”