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iSpace
ispace is returning to the Moon with the RESILIENCE lander slated to enter lunar orbit tomorrow, May 7th!
RESILIENCE, the TENACIOUS micro rover, and the customer payloads that they are carrying began their journey to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier this year. They flew by the Moon once already as part of the low energy transfer orbit, reached a distance of approx. 1.1 million km from Earth, and are now back from their deep space journey and getting ready for LOI, or "lunar orbit insertion". Completion of the first lunar orbit insertion maneuver and confirmation that the lander is in lunar orbit will complete Success 7 of the Mission 2 Milestones. Stay tuned for updates! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_2 |
RESILIENCE has entered lunar orbit!
After approx. 2 months in low-energy transfer orbit and over 1.1 million km of deep-space travel, our lander, TENACIOUS rover + payloads are maintaining a stable attitude in lunar orbit. 30 days to go until landing. We’re one step closer to returning to the Moon! |
Good luck with that. The propensity for lunar landers to topple over or have critical bits fall off during the descent is surprisingly high.
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Sounds like ispace lost its second lunar lander just now when attempting to land on the Moon.
A terminal descent rate of 187 km/h is suboptimal. |
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