World News 1: Japanese firm’s pioneering moon landing fails

[bob_turner]

Ispace loses communication with Hakuto-R lunar lander, ending a mission that began more than four months agoA Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the moon has lost communication with its spacecraft and said that it assumes the lunar mission had failed.Ispace said that it could not establish communication with the uncrewed Hakuto-R lunar lander after its expected landing time, a frustrating end to a mission that began with a launch from the US more than four...

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