The Japanese private space company has just released a stunning shot of the Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft, the rover identified as having crash-landed on the Moon.
In the photo taken by the Hakuto R spacecraft, the Earth appears to be coming out of the Moon and looks a bit different. If you look closely, a large black smudge appears over Australia, standing out among the blue planet during the day.
Theo live science, This particular moment was recorded a few days before Hakuto R’s “death” moment, just as the Earth was undergoing a total solar eclipse (April 21)..
Special photo of the unlucky spaceship
A special photo of the unlucky spacecraft – (Photo: ISPACE).
On this day, the shadow of the eclipse moved from the nearby waters of the Southern Ocean, crossing the map, crossing Australia and Indonesia. Many countries and territories, including Vietnam, can observe a partial solar eclipse, while provinces in the central band of Australia or Indonesia can observe a total or annular eclipse.
This spacecraft is a lander, expected by Ispace to be the first private warrior “set foot” towards the Moon. However, it lost signal the same day of the scheduled April 26 landing, which a later press conference said Ispace most likely crashed directly into the Moon.
In the latest statement, Ispace founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada said subsequent analysis showed the spacecraft likely ran out of propellant suddenly upon landing.
The craft is intended to land vertically on the Moon, its propellers slowly landing on the surface thanks to a jet engine that fights against gravity, slowing the kick.
However, if it runs out of fuel and the engine slows down, it can fall almost freely to the surface. Although the Moon’s gravity is only about one-sixth that of Earth, a “hard” approach seems to be enough to break the spacecraft.
A similar accident occurred in 2019 with the Beresheet spacecraft of SpaceIL and the Israel Aerospace Industry Corporation. So far, only the United States, Russia and China have successfully landed landers on the Moon, but all are owned by state space agencies.
Accidents like Ispace ensure that their first Hakuto-R still provides plenty of valuable data to help prepare for the 2 and 3 missions they are preparing.
Article source: MTN
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The Japanese private space company has just released a stunning shot of the Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft, the rover identified as having crash-landed on the Moon.
