Japan's ispace loses contact with lunar lander during historic moon landing attempt.

Japanese start-up ispace lost contact with its spacecraft moments before it was due to land on the moon, conceding that the mission had apparently failed. The company was aiming to become the first private company to land a craft on the moon. The spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in the US on a SpaceX rocket in December and had completed several mission objectives leading up to its landing attempt.