Friday, January 19, 2024

Japan lands uncrewed spacecraft on the moon, but with complications

A pencil-shaped rocket is shown leaving a platform, with massive clouds of smoke trailing on the ground.

Japan became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a "precision" landing technology and revitalize a space program that has suffered setbacks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-slim-moon-landing-1.7088993?cmp=rss

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