Day: June 5, 2025

Japanese company ispace says the mission is over. A private space firm from Japan did not stick its moon landing on Thursday, which makes this the second failed attempt to get to the lunar surface for the company in the past two years. The mission, dubbed Hakuto-R by the company <a href="https://me.mashable.com/space/27466/a-daring-company-is-about-to-try-landing-on-the-moon-you-can-watch-it" …

Tokyo space firm ispace gets a second chance to redeem itself from a 2023 crash. A private Japanese space company will try to land an uncrewed robotic spacecraft on the moon and deliver a rover to its surface today, after a failed attempt in April 2023. Landing on the moon remains onerous — demonstrated by numerous …