Ispace’s Second Moon Landing Attempt Is Set For December

Tim Fernholz, Fast Company
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 1:05am

The lander, called Resilience, is funded by private capital and JAXA, the Japanese space agency. Japanese lunar firm ispace will launch its Hakuto-R lander to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than December, CEO Takeshi Hakamada said this week.

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