ispace's Mission 2 and Firefly's Blue Ghost are scheduled to launch in approximately one month, aiming to land on the moon and deliver scientific payloads.
Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all ages. An ispace engineer inspects the “Tenacious” microrover in the payload bay of the company’s lunar lander, “Resilience.”Two private moon landers will take flight on the same SpaceX rocket next month, if all goes according to plan.
\'Today, we are excited to announce that, in approximately one month, ispace’s historic Mission 2 will be launching and we will make our second attempt to land on the moon,' said Takeshi Hakamada, CEO of ispace. 'As organizations, companies, and missions around the world are aiming for the moon, ispace will continue to capitalize on our achievements during Mission 2, to lead the world in the development of the lunar economy,' he added. 'We hope you will join us. See you on the moon!”\The company's Mission 1 tried to put the 2,200-pound (1,000 kilograms) Hakuto-R lander down on the moon in April 2023. That attempt failed.\Mission 2 will send a similar but upgraded lander, named Resilience, to Mare Frigoris ('Sea of Cold'), a large basaltic plain that lies 60.5 degrees north of the lunar equator. Resilience carries five payloads — a water electrolyzer, an experimental food-production module, a deep-space radiation probe, a commemorative alloy plate and a microrover called Tenacious. Resilience will take an efficient, low-energy path to the moon, then attempt a landing at Mare Frigoris four to five months after launch. If everything goes according to plan, the lander will operate on the lunar surface and deploy Tenacious, which will collect moon dirt and gravel under a \This first Blue Ghost mission, which Firefly calls Ghost Riders in the Sky, will deliver 10 science instruments and technology demonstrations to the lunar surface for NASA, via the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program
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