The Japanese start-up ispace admitted Wednesday that its bid to become the first company to land on the Moon had failed, but it promised to move forward with new missions. The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander was supposed to settle on the Moon’s surface overnight, but the corporation was unable to make contact roughly 25 minutes after the landing.
“It has been determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the Moon’s surface,” said ispace in a statement. The business stated that its engineers were investigating why the landing had failed.
The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander was supposed to settle on the Moon’s surface overnight, but the corporation was unable to make contact roughly 25 minutes after the landing. “It has been determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the Moon’s surface,” said ispace in a statement. The business stated that its engineers were investigating why the landing had failed.