A Japanese moon lander likely came up short in its bid to make history today (April 25).
Hakuto-R took a long and looping path to the moon on M1, arriving in lunar orbit. The lander made the move down to the surface today, descending from an altitude of 62 miles via a series of maneuvers that took about an hour.
Still, Hakuto-R continued beaming data home during the landing attempt, Hakamada said, describing that as one of many milestones notched on M1. M1 was designed primarily to prove out the company's moon-landing hardware and knowhow, but Hakuto-R nonetheless carried a variety of viable payloads on the mission.
We’ve received another incredible photo from the camera onboard our Mission 1 lander!Seen here is the lunar Earthrise during solar eclipse, captured by the lander-mounted camera at an altitude of about 100 km from the lunar surface. pic.twitter.com/pNSI4lPnuxToday's apparent failure will be just a bump in the road for ispace, if all goes according to plan. The company aims to launch its second and third moon-landing missions in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
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