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Home » Astronomy and space » Japan’s ispace suffers second lunar landing failure

Japan’s ispace suffers second lunar landing failure

06 Jun 2025 Michael Banks
Artist's impression of Hakuto-2 lander and rover
Lunar loss: ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 2 – dubbed Resilience – has failed to land on the Moon. (Courtesy: ispace)
The Japanese firm ispace has suffered another setback after its second attempt to land on the Moon e

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