Lunar setback: Japanese loses contact during lander lineage; ‘Flexibility’ mission of uncertainty

A Japanese private lunar lander lost communication for the moon on Friday during his offspring, which caused his fate to unclear. Tokyo-based Space confirmed that the lander, named flexible, successfully left the lunar class, but was lost during the contact hour-laminated dynasty phase.The company’s livestream suddenly cuts during significant moments. A commentator said in Japanese that the confirmation of landing was still lacking, as Mission Control continued efforts to join again. According to The Associated Press, “We add this mission control” A commentator in Japanese said, “We have not been able to confirm.”After a failed mission two years ago, this was the second attempt to land on the moon. The company nominated this new craft flexibility as their firmness. Lander did a small rover designed to collect lunar soil and a short red house created by a Swedish artist.Private firms have joined government space agencies in lunar exploration since 2019, facing mixed results. The flexibility, which was launched from Florida in January, reached the lunar class after riding on the blue ghost of Jugnu Aerospace – the first private craft to successfully land on the moon earlier this year.Shortly thereafter, another American company, intuitive machines, reached the lunar surface, but its long lander crashed near South Pole and stopped working within hours.Ispace’s lander mare was targeting frigoris (ocean of the ocean), a pit-rich area, which has an ancient lava flow which is located towards the northern of the moon. 2.3-meter-lamb flexibility was expected to start transmitting images immediately after landing and deploying its rover over the weekend.The European-made rover, Tanmay, weighs five kilograms and was manufactured with carbon fiber-rebuked plastic. It had a high-language camera and a NASA-Communication shovel. The Rover was designed to live near the lander, with a planned range of up to 1 kilometer during the two-week operating window, slowly moving at a second centimeter.In a symbolic gesture, Rover also moved the moonhouse – a small red cottage created by Swedish artist Mikel Zenberg, which was for placement on the lunar surface.ISPACE CEO Taakeshi Hakmada made the mission a step towards future enterprises, including a large lander developed in partnership with NASA for a planned 2027 mission. Prior to landing attempts, Hakmada expressed confidence in lessons learned from the first unsuccessful mission. CFO ground Nozaki strengthened the company’s resolve, stating that they were committed to lunar exploration “regardless of the results.,However, at a recent space industry conference, Jeremy Fix, Chief Engineer of the US Division of ISSPAS, acknowledged the financial realities, saying that the company could not maintain failures repeatedly. “The cost of the current mission was not disclosed, although it was reported to be lower than before, which was more than $ 100 million.Other private firms are continuing their push on the moon. Blue Origin and Astrobotic Technology are planning a mission before the end of the year. The earlier attempt of Astrobotic in 2024 failed to reach the moon and re -enter the Earth’s atmosphere.So far, only five nations – Russia, America, China, India and Japan – have successfully completed robot moon landing. Of these, only the US has launched humans, with 12 NASA astronauts run on the moon between 1969 and 1972.NASA aims to return astronauts to the lunar orbit next year, followed by a crude landing using SpaceX’s starship. China has also announced a plan to send astronauts on the moon by 2030.