Ispace’s lunar lander took this picture of the Moon’s eastern rim and craters Petavius, Vendelinus and Langrenus.
Credit: ispace
Ispace of Japan plans to attempt touching down on the Moon with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander as soon as April 25 at 16:40 UTC. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on March 21, and since April 12 has been in an elliptical orbit of the Moon, with a closest approach–a periapsis–of about 62 mi....
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