20.7 C
Tokyo
Friday, March 29, 2024
HomeNationalFailure to land on the moon Venture firm ``Altitude misrecognition, gas exhaustion''...

Failure to land on the moon Venture firm “Altitude misrecognition, gas exhaustion” | NHK

Aiming to land on the moon by the world’s first non-public sector, a lander was despatched to the moon about 380,000 kilometers away from the earth, however the touchdown failed final month. After passing over the cliff, it was revealed that there was a deviation in altitude recognition, and it ran out of gas and fell from a peak of about 5 kilometers. The firm plans to take countermeasures and attempt to land once more subsequent yr.

Source

Latest