Japanese Moon Landing Attempts End in Crashes and Loss of Contact

TL;DR
A Japanese private company, ispace, is attempting a lunar landing in the north of the moon with its lander Resilience and a mini-rover named Tenacious, marking a significant step in the growing trend of commercial lunar exploration.
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- A Private Lander Homes In On North Side of the Moon Newser
- Resilience spacecraft’s status after moon-landing attempt is unknown CNN
- Japanese spacecraft goes dark during attempted moon landing. Its payload would have been a world-first. Live Science
- Ispace of Japan Has Lost Contact With Resilience Moon Lander The New York Times
- Second attempt for Japanese company to reach moon ends in crash landing The Guardian
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