Japan’s ispace aims for a second lunar landing attempt with its Resilience lander at 4:24 a.m. on June 6, following an unsuccessful attempt in April 2023. This comes after the successful moon landing of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft, which launched alongside ispace’s lander on a SpaceX rocket in January. Additionally, American firm Intuitive Machines recently launched its second lunar lander, Athena, and is also preparing for a touchdown in the upcoming days.
Japan’s ispace is making a second attempt at a lunar landing. (File)
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The Japanese company ispace has announced that its Resilience lander will try to touch down on the moon at 4:24 a.m. local time on June 6 (1924 GMT on June 5) at the earliest, following a failed attempt in April 2023.
This announcement comes after the successful moon landing of US company Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft on Sunday, which shared a SpaceX rocket with ispace’s Resilience in January.
In addition, another American company, Intuitive Machines, launched its second lunar lander Athena last week and is aiming for landing in the next few days.
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