The Peregrine lunar lander has five main engines with 12 thrusters, with the fuel being “… a proven hydrazine derivative, Mono-Methyl-Hydrazine (MMH), as the fuel.

Astrobotic’s first lunar lander missed the moon altogether in 2024 and came crashing back through Earth’s atmosphere. For decades, governments competed to get to the moon.

TOKYO — A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission ...

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on ...

Private lunar lander mission declared a failure after apparently crashing while attempting touchdown Takeshi Hakamada, the Founder and CEO of ispace, inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on ...

Private lunar lander mission declared a failure after apparently crashing while attempting touchdown Takeshi Hakamada, the Founder and CEO of ispace, inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on ...

Private lunar lander mission declared a failure after apparently crashing while attempting touchdown Takeshi Hakamada, the Founder and CEO of ispace, inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on ...

A model of the lunar lander Resilience, operated by the Japanese company ispace, is displayed at a venue where employees monitored the actual craft's attempted landing on the moon, in Tokyo, on ...

Home > Aerospace Private Japanese Lunar Lander Crashes Into Moon's Surface This was the aerospace firm Ispace's second attempt at placing a spacecraft on the Moon. A third will follow in 2027.