Peter Horovski
Concept image of ispace’s lunar lander and exploration vehicle on the moon. The crafts will be carried to space by a rocket launched from the U.S. as early as December. (ispace)
TSUKUBA, Japan — Japanese lunar transportation startup ispace will make a renewed attempt to have its probe land on the moon and become, if successful, the first private company to do so in Asia.
“We have been working hard to improve the issues we have identified, and we have never stopped moving forward,” ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada said during a news conference on Thursday in Tsukuba, a city northeast of Tokyo and home to scientific research centers.
