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- Ispace Hakuto-R Mission 1: Moon Landing Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpR1UUnix3g 5 comments
- Japanese startup Ispace raises $90M, targets landing on moon surface by 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/space-startup-raises-90-million-to-bring-ads-to-moon-by-2020 40 comments
- Two lawsuits have been filed against Japanese start-up ispace, which saw its Hakuto-R lander crash last April. High-ranking Japanese employees are accused of planning to orchestrate the dismissal of non Japanese employees through false accusations, and withholding millions in unpaid stock options. https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/japanese-moon-startup-faces-discrimination-lawsuits 25 comments space
- Why is landing safely on the Moon so hard: The failure of the ispace lunar lander highlights the challenges, in particular for nascent private companies. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01454-7 19 comments space
- ispace Statement On The HAKUTO-R Lunar Landing Attempt https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/ispace-statement-on-the-hakuto-r-lunar-landing-attempt/ 4 comments space
- Status Update on ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4655 5 comments space
- ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada on Hakuto-R landing attempt: "We have to assume that we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface." https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1650909860635058177?s=20 53 comments space
- Japanese ispace assumes attempted moon landing crashed, CEO says https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/25/ispace-moon-landing-watch-live.html 6 comments worldnews
- Watch live as Japanese ispace aims to be first company to land cargo on the moon https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/25/ispace-moon-landing-watch-live.html 30 comments space
- ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1: Landing Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpR1UUnix3g 175 comments space
- Japan's ispace prepares for the world's first commercial lunar landing https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/japans-ispace-prepares-worlds-first-commercial-lunar-landing-2023-04-25/ 22 comments technology
- ispace's Hakuto-R should be landing on the moon tomorrow at 1640 UTC. Twitter feed in comments. https://ispace-inc.com/ 6 comments space
- ispace heads to the Moon, vying to be the first commercial Moon landing in history https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2022-12-14-Issue-198/#ispace-heads-to-the-moon 5 comments space
- Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon lander https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/japans-ispace-readies-delayed-launch-first-commercial-moon-lander-2022-12-10/ 4 comments space
- SpaceX has successfully launched iSpace's Hakuto-R M1 moon lander into a low-energy transfer ballistic lunar transfer trajectory. The 340 kg (750 lbs) craft is expected to land on the Moon in April 2023. https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/spacex-launches-private-japanese-hakuto-r-moon-lander/ 16 comments futurology
- ispace lunar lander: Japanese firm is racing to complete first private moon mission https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348517-japanese-firm-ispace-is-racing-to-put-first-private-lander-on-the-moon/ 2 comments futurology
- Japanese firm ispace is racing to put first private lander on the moon https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348517-japanese-firm-ispace-is-racing-to-put-first-private-lander-on-the-moon/ 14 comments technology
- Japanese firm ispace is racing to put first private lander on the moon https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348517-japanese-firm-ispace-is-racing-to-put-first-private-lander-on-the-moon/ 11 comments space
- Targeting Wednesday, November 30 at 3:39 a.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1 – the first privately-led Japanese mission to land on the lunar surface https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1597370288005521408 24 comments spacex
- Next month, Japanese company iSpace will become the first private company to deliver a lunar lander and commercial payload to the moon's surface. Two more private companies aim to follow them in 2023. Is this the start of a lunar economy? https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/japanese-moon-company-ispace-launching-cargo-mission-in-november.html#Echobox=1665585387 97 comments futurology
- Jeff Foust on Twitter: “Japanese lunar lander company ispace confirms it will launch its first HAKUTO-R lander mission on a Falcon 9 NET Nov. 9-15.” https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1580184495906775040 12 comments spacex
- Japan’s ispace negotiating first commercial moon landing insurance https://spacenews.com/japans-ispace-negotiating-first-commercial-moon-landing-insurance/ 2 comments space
- Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech | The baseball-sized robot will launch with ispace in 2022 https://www.space.com/japan-transformable-moon-robot-ispace-2022-lunar-lander 3 comments technology
- Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech | The baseball-sized robot will launch with ispace in 2022 https://www.space.com/japan-transformable-moon-robot-ispace-2022-lunar-lander 19 comments space
- Chinese startup iSpace fails to reach orbit again with Hyperbola-1 rocket https://www.space.com/china-ispace-2nd-launch-failure 3 comments technology
- Chinese startup iSpace fails to reach orbit again with Hyperbola-1 rocket https://www.space.com/china-ispace-2nd-launch-failure 30 comments space
- Mystery surrounds Chinese private rocket launch attempt. Chinese private firm iSpace conducted a launch of a Hyperbola-1 solid rocket early Tuesday but status of the mission remained unclear for hours after liftoff. https://spacenews.com/mystery-surrounds-chinese-private-rocket-launch-attempt/ 41 comments space
- Japanese space company ispace aims to send landers to the moon https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/27/japanese-space-company-ispace-aims-to-send-landers-to-the-moon/ 7 comments space
- The UAE is partnering with Japanese company iSpace to launch a moon rover in 2022 https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/middleeast/uae-lunar-rover-ispace-scn-spc-intl/index.html 9 comments space
- DeepSpace: China tests SpaceX-reminiscent grid fins after iSpace snags orbital milestone https://www.teslarati.com/deepspace-china-spacex-esque-grid-fin-test-ispace-orbit/ 8 comments space
- iSpace completes China's first private commercial satellite launch https://www.zdnet.com/article/ispace-completes-chinas-first-private-commercial-satellite-launch/ 8 comments space
- iSpace becomes first private space company in China to successfully launch payload to orbit https://qz.com/1674426/ispace-to-attempt-chinas-third-private-rocket-launch/ 3 comments space
- Two Beijing-based space companies, OneSpace and iSpace, are competing to become the first private Chinese company to successfully launch a payload into orbit during the first half of 2019. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/01/two-chinese-private-space-companies-will-launch-into-orbit-this-year 9 comments space
- Japanese startup Ispace signs up on SpaceX rocket launches in 2020 and 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-moon-ispace/japan-lunar-exploration-firm-to-head-for-moon-on-spacex-rockets-iduskcn1m60r7?feedtype=rss&feedname=sciencenews 4 comments space
- Lunar exploration startup, ispace, partners with SpaceX to fly an orbiter and a lander+rover to the Moon in 2020 and 2021 respectively https://ispace-inc.com/news/?p=713 118 comments spacex
- Japanese startup iSpace raises $90M to put billboards on moon http://www.3ders.org/articles/20171218-japanese-startup-ispace-raises-90m-dollars-to-put-billboards-on-moon.html 55 comments space
- Space Startup Raises $90 Million to Start Moon Ads by 2020 - Startup Ispace targets landing on moon surface by 2020. Goal is to create lunar economy that supports more development https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/space-startup-raises-90-million-to-bring-ads-to-moon-by-2020 6 comments space
- Japanese lunar exploration company ispace raises $90 million - plans to fly on Falcon 9 http://spacenews.com/japanese-lunar-exploration-company-ispace-raises-90-million/ 76 comments spacex
- Japanese start-up ispace raises funds for first two lunar missions starting in 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/ispace-announces--series-a-funding.html 3 comments space
- Japanese start-up ispace just secured funds for first two lunar missions starting in 2019 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/ispace-announces--series-a-funding.html 96 comments worldnews