by admin | Jan 21, 2024 | Apollo, Japan, lunar lander, moon, Nasa, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
Early on Saturday, January 20 2024, Japan hopes to become the fifth country to successfully land a probe on the Moon. To date, the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India have preceded the East Asian nation. Launched in September 2023 by the Japanese... by admin | Aug 23, 2023 | Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3, Indian moon rover, lunar lander, moon, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
On Wednesday August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission Chandrayaan-3 will deploy its lander and rover to the surface of the Moon. As the name suggests, this is the third mission in a programme of Indian lunar exploration. Various problems... by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Hakuto-R, Japan, lunar lander, News, South Africa, Space News
It looks like South Africa won’t have much to do with that UAE space mission after all. The Hakuto-R private lunar mission being conducted by Japanese company ispace appears to have ended in failure. We say ‘appeared to’ because communication with the Mission 1... by admin | Apr 26, 2023 | ispace, Japan, lunar lander, News, Other Tech News, space, Space News
It’s hard to land things on the moon. It’s even harder if you’re a private company, as Israel’s 2019 Beresheet mission demonstrated. Japan’s ispace hopes to become the first private company to successfully place an object on the moon and it’s happening this afternoon....