Japan's moon transportation startup ispace delays NASA-partnered mission to 2026

Ispace

28/09/2023 07:54

TOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Japan's moon transportation
startup ispace inc  9348.T  said on Thursday it would postpone a
future lunar landing mission by a year to 2026 to reexamine a
payload commissioned by U.S. NASA, coupled with component supply
delays.
    Tokyo-based ispace attempted its first lunar landing with
the Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft in April, which failed due to
altitude miscalculation.
    There is no change to the launch schedules of its second
mission in 2024, ispace added in a Thursday disclosure to
investors.

 (Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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