Japan’s ispace loses contact with lunar spacecraft carrying UAE’s Rashid rover – The National

Japan’s ispace loses contact with lunar spacecraft carrying UAE’s Rashid rover – The National

Japan's ispace said it is investigating after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft during an attempted lunar landing.

The spacecraft — carrying the UAE's Rashid rover — was expected to land on the Moon at about 8.40pm.

A tense mission control in Tokyo waited for more than 30 minutes to secure communications with the spacecraft.