Despite back-to-back failures, ispace is planning its third moon landing attempt in 2027 with Nasa’s cooperation
Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The crash landing was the second for ispace in two years.
Company officials blamed the accident on the lander’s laser rangefinder, saying it did not properly measure the spacecraft’s distance to the lunar surface. Resilience was descending at a rapid rate of 138 feet (42 metres) per second when contact was lost and crashed within seconds, they said.
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