The Japanese private firm ispace has reported that its HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lander likely crashed during its second attempt at landing on the Moon. While the lander initiated its descent correctly from 100 kilometers, it lost contact with the team at just 192 meters above the surface. Despite attempts to rectify the situation, the lander fell faster than anticipated and did not achieve a soft landing. This failure follows ispace's prior attempt with Mission 1, which also ended in a crash, highlighting the significant challenges inherent in lunar landings.
The HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lander began its landing sequence from a 100-kilometre altitude but lost contact at only 192 metres above the Moon's surface.
Experts believe the failure of the second lunar landing attempt was due to unidentified issues that had not been resolved from the previous mission.
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