Ispace Looks Toward Redo After Lunar Lander Crashes into Moon

Ispace first mission to the Moon

Ispace plans to study and reapply lessons quickly from its first mission to two upcoming flights to the Moon.

Credit: Ispace
As the radio silence grew longer, the look on the faces of Ispace employees at mission control in Tokyo told the story: The Series 1 spacecraft had crashed into the Moon. The startup’s lunar lander, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in December, maintained communications with Earth as it descended...

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