ispace HAKUTO-R mission to Lunar surface - 25th of April 2023.

[lajoswinkler]

Stream will be here.

[tater]

[lajoswinkler]

I'll be honest, I had no clue about this mission...

[kerbiloid]

Beresheet has brought to the Moon the library, HAKUTO will add Sailor Moon and Naruto.

[darthgently]

3 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

Beresheet has brought to the Moon the library, HAKUTO will add Sailor Moon and Naruto.

Rumor has it Akira has been living on the Moon in self imposed isolation for our safety for several decades.  We probably shouldn't bother him.

[steve9728]

But the rover is pretty cute isn't it!

[FleshJeb]

We're living in the future. This is really cool!

[SunlitZelkova]

Does this belong in the JAXA thread?

[tater]

2 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said:

Does this belong in the JAXA thread?

Could be either, I think I posted about it there this morning.

 

[lajoswinkler]

15 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said:

Does this belong in the JAXA thread?

It's a private mission.

[tater]

The JAXA thread includes other Japanese missions (in title)

[steve9728]

Let's go White Rabit!

Spoiler

If everything goes well, there will be three "rabbits" on the moon

[lajoswinkler]

Lander reconnection successful. Landing thrusting in progress.

 

[tater]

Animation. Meh

Looked fast, then got more normal

Lithobrake?

[lajoswinkler]

5 minutes ago, tater said:

Animation. Meh

Looked fast, then got more normal

Lithobrake?

This is taking too long. Maybe it rolled down a slope.

[tater]

3 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

This is taking too long. Maybe it rolled down a slope.

SAS is your friend.

Have to say, I hate the uplifting music that I have seen on several different space videos they are playing now.

[steve9728]

Signal lost. Doesn't look good

Edited April 25, 2023 by steve9728

[lajoswinkler]

11 minutes ago, tater said:

SAS is your friend.

Have to say, I hate the uplifting music that I have seen on several different space videos they are playing now.

I wouldn't even say uplifting. Yuck.

[tater]

6 minutes ago, lajoswinkler said:

I wouldn't even say uplifting. Yuck.

"driving?" I have seen that same music used on a few satellite customers on SpaceX launches for their pre-launch "this is our cool satellite" video.

Whatever, I hate it.

Looks like lithobrake

[FleshJeb]

If anyone wants to watch the signal disappear, it's at 16:45:08 UTC in Steve's livestream above. (Clock in the bottom left, I don't think I can link to a timestamp.)

[insert_name]

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1650911370471260177?s=20

Edited April 25, 2023 by insert_name

[steve9728]

 

[kerbiloid]

2 hours ago, tater said:

I hate the uplifting music that I have seen on several different space videos they are playing now.

+1

A music in vacuum always makes an impression that this is happening in a studio...

[tater]

https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4655

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Based on the currently available data, the HAKUTO-R Mission Control Center in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, confirmed that the lander was in a vertical position as it carried out the final approach to the lunar surface. Shortly after the scheduled landing time, no data was received indicating a touchdown. ispace engineers monitored the estimated remaining propellant reached at the lower threshold and shortly afterward the descent speed rapidly increased. After that, the communication loss happened. Based on this, it has been determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the Moon’s surface.

 

Brought insufficient propellants. Oops.

[steve9728]

5 hours ago, tater said:

https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4655

Brought insufficient propellants. Oops.

Typical failure reason in ksp. Hope they've learned their lesson.

However, the successful landing of the Chang'e missions relies heavily on the large amount of redundant fuel it carries.