The Japanese unmanned lunar landing module of Resilience, created by the ISPACE, was crashed during an attempt to land on the surface of the moon. This was another failure for the company, which two years ago was already problems with the first mission.
According to ISPACE, the module had technical problems with measuring the distance to the lunar surface, which made it impossible to slow down the descent in a timely manner. Because of this, the planting machine was not able to land gently and probably crashed against the surface.
The Chief Technical Director of ISPACE ROO UDZIE noted that the possible causes of the accident may be a malfunction of the power plant, software or sensors. During the press conference, he emphasized the complexity of the situation and the availability of several versions of the causes of the event.
The Resilienness module transported a four -wheeled marmore, created by the Ispace subsidiary from Luxembourg, as well as five scientific cargoes from Japanese companies and Taiwanese University. The total cost of healthy cargo is estimated at $ 16 million. The landing module was to land in the Frigoris Sea area, a basalt plain, located about 900 kilometers from the North Pole of the Moon.
This failure means delayed in the commercial development of the month for Japan, but the country remains committed to the ARTEMIS program, headed by the United States. A year ago, Japan became the fifth country in the world that successfully carried out a soft landing on a month when its national space agency successfully launched a Slim landing module.
The Japanese Government has also concluded an NASA agreement on the participation of Japanese astronauts in future Artemis Monthly Missions and supports private research projects, including ISPACE, which is developing technologies for further development of monthly infrastructure.
