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[Breaking News]Japan startup fails again to put lander on Moon

TOKYO, Japan, June 6 Kyodo - Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of ispace Inc., suggests at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, that the Japanese startup's lunar lander failed in its attempt to land on the Moon's surface, following its first unsuccessful try in 2023. The Tokyo-based company believes its lunar lander Resilience impacted the Moon's surface after failing to slow sufficiently during its descent, dashing ispace's hope of becoming the country's first private company to reach the lunar surface successfully. (Kyodo)

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Japan ispace lunar lander fails in Moon landing

Japanese startup ispace Inc. CEO Takeshi Hakamada holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, after the company's lunar lander apparently crashed on the Moon, failing in its attempt to become the first private firm in Asia to touch down on it.

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Japan ispace lunar lander fails in Moon landing

Japanese startup ispace Inc. CEO Takeshi Hakamada holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, after the company's lunar lander apparently crashed on the Moon, failing in its attempt to become the first private firm in Asia to touch down on it.

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Japan ispace lunar lander fails in Moon landing

Japanese startup ispace Inc. CEO Takeshi Hakamada holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, after the company's lunar lander apparently crashed on the Moon, failing in its attempt to become the first private firm in Asia to touch down on it.

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Japan ispace lunar lander fails in Moon landing

Japanese startup ispace Inc. CEO Takeshi Hakamada holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, after the company's lunar lander apparently crashed on the Moon, failing in its attempt to become the first private firm in Asia to touch down on it.

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians run to pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians drive to pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humanitarian Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Palestinians drive to pick up airdropped aid packages landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. According to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, nearly 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Despite the growing pressure on the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the proposed truce and start a ceasefire, the Israeli war cabinet has insisted on going ahead with a wider military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Residents of Gaza rush to pick up packages of aid landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressure on the dire humanitarian situation caused by Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aid Airdropped Into Gaza

Resident of Gaza rush to pick up packages of aid landing on parts of Gaza dropped from the air by planes in an attempt to ease the pressrue on the dire humanitarian situaiton caused by the Israel's war on the strip on April 30, 2024. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-2 Surface WFOV Angle 3 . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-1 Landing WFOV Angle 2 . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-1 Landing WFOV Fisheye . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Odysseus Sends His First Images Of The Southern Moon

IM-1 Landing WFOV Angle 1 . The IM-1 Mission successfully landed the first spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole region, marking the United States’ first return since Apollo 17 and the first commercial lunar lander to transmit valuable science data of each NASA payload from the lunar surface. In addition, the operation of the Company’s liquid methane and liquid oxygen propulsion system in deep space is flight-proven through successful mission operations. Intuitive Machines achieved these marquee accomplishments in the company’s first attempt to land on the Moon. The photos included provide some of the first photos of Odyssesus landing on the Moon. Photo by Intuitive Machines via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian lunar mission's spacecraft put on launch vehicle

STORY: Indian lunar mission's spacecraft put on launch vehicle DATELINE: July 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of lunar mission's spacecraft assembling (VIDEO SOURCE: ISRO Official site) STORYLINE: The spacecraft of India's lunar mission "Chadrayaan-3" was integrated with its launch vehicle LMV3 on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The lunar mission is set to be launched later this month. This would be India's third lunar mission and the second attempt at soft-landing equipment on Moon's surface. The last lunar mission, launched in July 2019, failed as communication from the Lander to the ground stations was lost. The integration between the spacecraft and the launch vehicle was done at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Man-powered airplane in Toyama Pref.

IMIZU, Japan - A man-powered airplane takes off toward Toyama Bay in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2010. A Nippon University laboratory failed in an attempt to attain the world's longest flight record by a man-powered plane while the pilot sustained injuries upon landing in the sea.

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British around-the-world helicopter flier stops off in Japan

TANABE, Japan - Jennifer Murray poses before her helicopter at Nanki Shirahama airport in Wakayama Prefecture on June 30 after landing for refueling during her attempt to fly around the world solo. The 60-year-old British helicopter pilot left the airport in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 1 for Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

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Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

British pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather.

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China's Xu lands aerial silver

China's Xu Nannan prepares for landing after a spectacular jump in the Nagano Olympic freestyle aerials Feb. 18. Xu took the Olympic silver medal behind Nikki Stone of the U.S. after posting the best score of the second round with 99.40 points on her second attempt.

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Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try-2

British pilots Andy Elson(L) and Colin Prescot(R) of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather. Date:3/8/99

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Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

British pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather.

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Man-powered airplane in Toyama Pref.

IMIZU, Japan - A man-powered airplane takes off toward Toyama Bay in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2010. A Nippon University laboratory failed in an attempt to attain the world's longest flight record by a man-powered plane while the pilot sustained injuries upon landing in the sea. (Kyodo)

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Takanashi at World Cup

Sara Takanashi of Japan smiles after landing her second attempt at the women's ski jumping World Cup final, in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. chopper makes emergency landing in Okinawa

Photo taken in the early hours of Jan. 21, 2017, shows an AH-1 U.S. military attack helicopter that made an emergency landing in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture. The chopper landed in an attempt to avoid a potential accident as it had mechanical trouble, while there was no damage to the aircraft and no injury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British around-the-world helicopter flier stops off in Japan

TANABE, Japan - Jennifer Murray poses before her helicopter at Nanki Shirahama airport in Wakayama Prefecture on June 30 after landing for refueling during her attempt to fly around the world solo. The 60-year-old British helicopter pilot left the airport in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 1 for Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo.