Japanese company: ‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon
1 year, 7 months ago

Japanese company: ‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon

Associated Press  

A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending flight controllers scrambling to figure out what happened. More than six hours after communication ceased, the Tokyo company ispace finally confirmed what everyone had suspected, saying there was “a high probability” that the lander had slammed into the moon. Official word finally came in a statement: “It has been determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the moon’s surface.” If all had gone well, ispace would have been the first private business to pull off a lunar landing. NASA’s first test flight in its new moonshot program, Artemis, made it to the moon and back late last year, paving the way for four astronauts to follow by the end of next year and two others to actually land on the moon a year after that.

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Japan’s moon lander wasn’t built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It’s still going after 3
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan’s moon lander wasn’t built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It’s still going after 3

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth Tuesday night, confirming it has survived another weekslong lunar night. The …

Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night

The Hindu  

Japan's Moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the freezing, two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said, with another operation attempt scheduled for later this month. "SLIM has gone to sleep again as the sun set after 3 am on March 1," the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, …

Toppled moon lander sends back more images, with only hours left until it dies
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Toppled moon lander sends back more images, with only hours left until it dies

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A moon lander that ended up on its side managed to beam back more pictures, with only hours remaining before it dies. Intuitive Machines posted new photos of the moon’s unexplored south polar region Tuesday. The company’s lander, Odysseus, captured the shots last Thursday shortly before making the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more …

Japan’s moon lander survives a second weekslong lunar night, beating predictions
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan’s moon lander survives a second weekslong lunar night, beating predictions

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Monday. JAXA called the signal, received late Sunday night, a “miracle” because the probe was not designed to survive the lunar night, when temperatures can fall to minus 170 degrees Celsius. The craft, Smart …

Japan's moon lander unexpectedly survives freezing lunar night
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan's moon lander unexpectedly survives freezing lunar night

Hindustan Times  

Japan's space agency said on Monday its SLIM moon lander has unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than a month after the spacecraft made a historic "pinpoint" touchdown on the moon. READ | Lunar night puts Japan's lander back to sleep The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon touched down on the lunar surface …

First U.S. moon lander in 52 years touches down but sends weak signal
10 months ago

First U.S. moon lander in 52 years touches down but sends weak signal

The Hindu  

A private lander touched down on the moon on February 22 but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first U.S. spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years. Another company gave it a shot last month, but never made it to the moon, and the lander crashed …

Private lunar lander is closing in on the first US touchdown on the moon in a half-century
10 months ago

Private lunar lander is closing in on the first US touchdown on the moon in a half-century

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A private lunar lander circled …

US Lunar Lander Rockets Toward Moon For a Touchdown Attempt Next Week - News18
10 months, 1 week ago

US Lunar Lander Rockets Toward Moon For a Touchdown Attempt Next Week - News18

News 18  

A moon lander built by US-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first American lunar touchdown in more than a half-century. Falcon rocket blasted off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, dispatching the lunar lander on its way to the moon, 370,000 kilometers away. …

Moon landing attempt: Another US lunar lander blasts off
10 months, 1 week ago

Moon landing attempt: Another US lunar lander blasts off

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon Thursday, launching a month after a rival’s lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, dispatching Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander on its way to the moon, 230,000 miles away. …

US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week
10 months, 1 week ago

US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week

The Independent  

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Japan confirms moon-lander made ‘pinpoint’ landing, with Chandrayaan help
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan confirms moon-lander made ‘pinpoint’ landing, with Chandrayaan help

The Hindu  

Japan’s space agency has confirmed its moon-lander successfully achieved its pinpoint landing on the moon on January 19. As the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon touched down near Shioli crater, Japan became the fifth country to soft-land a robotic instrument on the moon, months after India’s Chandrayaan 3 succeeded in August 2023. At this stage, SLIM used maps of the …

Japan’s precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan’s precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — although the probe appears to be lying upside-down. JAXA project manager Shinichiro Sakai said the images sent back were just like those he’d imagined and seen …

Japan says ‘Slim’ spacecraft’s ‘precision landing’ on Moon successful
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan says ‘Slim’ spacecraft’s ‘precision landing’ on Moon successful

The Independent  

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Japan’s moon lander hit its pinpoint target but appears to be upside down
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan’s moon lander hit its pinpoint target but appears to be upside down

LA Times  

The Japanese moon rover Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, made a pinpoint landing, but apparently came to rest on its head. Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — although the probe appears to …

Asia ascendant: The Hindu Editorial on the new Space Race
11 months ago

Asia ascendant: The Hindu Editorial on the new Space Race

The Hindu  

On January 19, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched in September, was expected to soft-land on the moon. SLIM’s partial success comes a day after a moon-landing mission built by Astrobotic, a private U.S. company, and funded by NASA, reentered the earth’s atmosphere following a propellant leak. SLIM also happened roughly a …

US spacecraft burns on Earth re-entry after fuel leakage hinders Moon landing
11 months ago

US spacecraft burns on Earth re-entry after fuel leakage hinders Moon landing

Hindustan Times  

A US company that scrapped its Moon lander plans due to a fuel leakage issue ended with a fiery descent over open water during Earth re-entry. Lander faced mishap post-rocket separation Astrobotic's Peregrine lander was launched on January 8 through a collaboration between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and a private firm aimed at reducing costs. Astrobotic upbeat for …

Status of Japan moon-lander SLIM unclear with solar panel glitch
11 months ago

Status of Japan moon-lander SLIM unclear with solar panel glitch

The Hindu  

January 20, 2024 07:47 am | Updated 11:05 am IST Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. However, space officials said they need more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, achieved its …

Private US lander destroyed during reentry after failed mission to moon, company says
11 months ago

Private US lander destroyed during reentry after failed mission to moon, company says

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A U.S. company’s failed moonshot ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific, officials confirmed Friday. Astrobotic Technology said contact and then tracking was lost as its lunar lander reentered Earth’s atmosphere Thursday, 10 days after launching from Florida. Right before Friday’s U.S. news conference, a lunar lander from Japan touched down on the moon, …

Did Japan succeed in its mission to moon? JAXA says, ’still checking its status’
11 months ago

Did Japan succeed in its mission to moon? JAXA says, ’still checking its status’

Live Mint  

Japan’s space agency said early Saturday that its spacecraft is on the moon, but is still "checking its status." As the spacecraft descended, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's mission control said that everything was going as planned and later said that SLIM was on the lunar surface. The mission's main goal is to test new landing technology that would allow …

Japan's Moon Lander Has Landed, But Solar Cells 'Not Generating Power': Space Agency
11 months ago

Japan's Moon Lander Has Landed, But Solar Cells 'Not Generating Power': Space Agency

News 18  

Japan’s Moon craft landed on the lunar surface on Saturday and communications have been established, but its solar cells are not generating power, space agency JAXA said. The lander began its “powered descent sequence” at around midnight Japanese time and after scanning the surface and hovering, appeared to have landed, JAXA’s live visualisation showed. “The ‘sniper’ landing precision is a …

Japan starts precision landing of 'moon sniper' SLIM spacecraft
11 months ago

Japan starts precision landing of 'moon sniper' SLIM spacecraft

The Hindu  

Japan gave the green light for its spacecraft to make a "precision" landing on the Moon on Friday, its bid to become the world's fifth country to achieve a moonshot and revitalise a space programme that has suffered a wave of recent setbacks. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon was en route to 15 …

Japan aims for the world's first ‘pinpoint landing’ on moon today
11 months ago

Japan aims for the world's first ‘pinpoint landing’ on moon today

Hindustan Times  

Japan hopes to make the world's first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in the Cold War-era space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. India India last year became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, where scientists believe that perpetually darkened …

Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon
11 months ago

Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson also lauded SLIM’s landing with an X message, congratulating Japan “on being the historic 5th country to land successfully on the Moon! Japan now hopes …

Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?
11 months ago

Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.” The milestone puts Japan in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. ___ INDIA Last year, India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, where scientists believe …

Japan aims for Lunar success with smart lander mission on January 20
11 months ago

Japan aims for Lunar success with smart lander mission on January 20

Live Mint  

In a bid to overcome setbacks, Japan is set to attempt a soft landing on the moon's surface with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon early Saturday morning. China's notable achievements, including a soft landing on the moon's far side in 2019 and a Mars landing in 2021, have added pressure on Japan. Despite past lunar attempts, Japan's space agency, …

Two companies will attempt the first US moon landings since the Apollo missions a half-century ago
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Two companies will attempt the first US moon landings since the Apollo missions a half-century ago

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — China and India scored moon landings, while Russia, Japan and Israel ended up in the lunar trash heap. Not only are Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines looking to end America’s moon-landing drought, they’re vying for bragging rights as the first private entity to land — gently — on the moon. His counterpart at Intuitive Machines, Steve Altemus, …

Japan eyes fifth spot in elite space club, ‘moon sniper’ to attempt landing on lunar surface tomorrow
1 year, 3 months ago

Japan eyes fifth spot in elite space club, ‘moon sniper’ to attempt landing on lunar surface tomorrow

Firstpost  

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency mission is scheduled to take off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan on Thursday, according to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which oversees launches for JAXA and has built the H-IIA rocket carrying the lander Japan is aiming to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface with the launch of …

Japan postpones launch of rocket carrying lunar lander for the third time due to bad weather
1 year, 3 months ago

Japan postpones launch of rocket carrying lunar lander for the third time due to bad weather

India TV News  

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which was expecting to launch a revolutionary satellite and the "Moon Sniper" lunar lander on Monday, has postponed the mission for the third time, NHK reported. Moon Sniper's mission The SLIM will use its own propulsion system to arrive in the Moon's orbit about three to four months after launch, orbit the moon for one …

India becomes 4th country to successfully land spacecraft on moon
1 year, 4 months ago

India becomes 4th country to successfully land spacecraft on moon

Hindustan Times  

India on Wednesday landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology. “India’s pursuit of space exploration reaches a remarkable milestone with the impending Chandrayaan-3 Mission, poised to achieve a soft landing on the …

India's spacecraft is preparing to land on the moon in the country's second attempt in 4 years
1 year, 4 months ago

India's spacecraft is preparing to land on the moon in the country's second attempt in 4 years

The Independent  

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The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon
1 year, 4 months ago

The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon

NPR  

The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP MOSCOW — The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon. Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported. Sponsor Message The spacecraft was scheduled to …

Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the moon
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the moon

Al Jazeera  

The moon lander ‘has ceased to exist following a collision with the moon’s surface’, the Russian space agency said. The Luna-25 probe, Russia’s first moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, the Russian space agency has said. According to preliminary findings, the lander “has ceased to exist following a collision …

Russia launches first lunar lander in nearly 50 years in race to find water on moon
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia launches first lunar lander in nearly 50 years in race to find water on moon

The Independent  

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Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch
1 year, 6 months ago

Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall while trying to land on the lunar surface last month, company officials said Friday, blaming a software issue and a last-minute switch in the touchdown location. The crater’s steep sides apparently confused the onboard software, and the 7-foot spacecraft went into a free-fall from less than 3 miles …

Japan’s Lunar Dreams Dashed: Tokyo startup’s moon rover fails moments before touchdown
1 year, 7 months ago

Japan’s Lunar Dreams Dashed: Tokyo startup’s moon rover fails moments before touchdown

Firstpost  

Japan’s first mission to the moon, iSpace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander lost communication with the Mission Control Centre just moments before landing. In a gut-wrenching moment for Japan, the country’s first commercialised mission to the Moon, after its startup iSpace’s lunar rover had some communication issues just moments before touchdown. While Japan’s senior government spokesperson, Hirokazu Matsuno, expressed regret that …

'High Probability' Spacecraft Crashed On Moon, Japanese Company Says
1 year, 7 months ago

'High Probability' Spacecraft Crashed On Moon, Japanese Company Says

Huff Post  

This time exposure photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, launching from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2022. A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, April 26, …

‘High probability spacecraft crashed on lunar surface,’ says Tokyo-based space firm
1 year, 7 months ago

‘High probability spacecraft crashed on lunar surface,’ says Tokyo-based space firm

Firstpost  

The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to touch down on the Moon’s surface overnight, but about 25 minutes after the landing was to have occurred, the company could not establish contact A Japanese startup’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the lunar surface early on Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending its controllers …

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon
1 year, 7 months ago

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon

NPR  

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon Enlarge this image toggle caption ispace via AP ispace via AP A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed. The 7-foot lander Japanese lander carried a mini lunar rover for the United Arab Emirates …

Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
2 years ago

Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that’s designed to roll around up there in the gray dust. Plus there’s national pride — the rover represents “a pioneering national endeavor …

SpaceX launches private mission to moon with Japanese lander, UAE rover
2 years ago

SpaceX launches private mission to moon with Japanese lander, UAE rover

New Indian Express  

CAPE CANAVERAL: A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander on Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that’s designed to roll around up there in the gray dust. By contrast, NASA’s Orion crew capsule with test dummies took five days to …

China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
4 years, 1 month ago

China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon

The Hindu  

China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a mission underscoring Chinese ambitions in space. The Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time in a launch …

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