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Nov 23, 2022

Japan’s space agency had to abandon a historic lunar landing attempt

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The agency’s sent a tiny lunar lander aboard NASA’s Artemis I moon mission.

Japan will have to wait a little longer to perform its historic first lunar landing. That’s because a tiny Japanese moon lander that hitched a ride aboard NASA’s Artemis I moon mission has failed to make it to the lunar surface, a report from Space.com reveals.

Officials working on the OMOTENASHI moon spacecraft announced on Twitter that they had failed to pick up the CubeSat’s signal ahead of a planned lunar landing attempt.

Meet OMOTENASHI: Japan’s tiny lunar lander.


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That’s because a tiny Japanese moon lander that hitched a ride aboard NASA’s Artemis I moon mission has failed to make it to the lunar surface, a report from Space.com reveals.

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