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In second straight failure, Japanese probe makes mission-ending "hard" landing on the moon
A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini ...
Spacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon. Here’s why
The other spacecraft, developed by Japan-based company Ispace, is just now arriving at its destination. Resilience, ...
What Was The Top Speed Of The Saturn V Rocket As It Propelled The Astronauts To The Moon?
The Saturn V rocket is widely known as the rocket that brought humans to the moon. It required considerable speed to escape ...
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What time is Japan's private ispace moon landing on June 5 (and how to watch it live)?
The private ispace Resilience lander will land on the moon at 3:17 p.m. EDT today (June 5), but only if the company pursues ...
A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location
A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small ...
Trump Pulled His NASA Pick, But Jared Isaacman Would’ve Rebuilt the Moon Program
The fallen NASA administrator nominee was clearly not a fan of the agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.
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A rogue rocket part collided with the moon
Around 7:25 a.m. ET on March 4, a discarded rocket stage that’s been drifting through deep space since at least 2015 collided with the moon. The rogue rocket was completely obliterated ...
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How the U.S. became highly reliant on Elon Musk for access to space
Besides its flights to the International Space Station and Starship program, SpaceX is deeply embedded in the Department of ...
Japanese company’s moon lander has crashed
A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again.
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'Hard landing': Japanese spacecraft carrying Europe's first moon rover has likely been destroyed, company says
The private Japanese spacecraft "Resilience" has seemingly been destroyed in a "hard landing" on the moon on Thursday. The ...