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Tokyo, we have a problem
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For the second time in two years, private Japanese company iSpace has lost contact with a lunar lander
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This one called Resilience. The spacecraft was supposed to touch down on the moon yesterday
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but instead likely crash-landed or made what's being called a hard landing
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In a statement, iSpace said the lander failed to decelerate enough to safely reach the surface
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Scientists watching the live stream saw its altitude drop really fast, then total silence
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Flight controllers in Tokyo tried rebooting the onboard computer. No luck there, though
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The company says there's no scenario where the landing succeeded. They will yze the flight data to figure out what went wrong
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but for now, iSpace is 0 for 2 on moon landings. They will yze the flight data to figure out what went wrong
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But for now, I space is over two on moon landings after another hard landing back in 2023
