No sign of the Japanese probe 'Hakuto-R'

By 25/04/2023 Portal

The probe Hakuto-R, that was trying to make history today by being the first commercial ship to land on the Moon, has not given any signs after the scheduled time for contact. Those responsible for the mission have cut off the live broadcast after a few tense minutes of waiting after 6:40 p.m. today, Spanish peninsular time, when the vehicle was scheduled to land on the satellite. However, no signal has been received from the ship, which seems to indicate that it has crashed. A similar attempt launched by Israel crashed in 2019.

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