Space on a shoestring
Can reusable rockets bring down launch costs enough to meet growing market needs and create wider access to space? Keith J Fernandez investigates.
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Can reusable rockets bring down launch costs enough to meet growing market needs and create wider access to space? Keith J Fernandez investigates.
The companies plan for Orbit Fab to refuel ispace lunar landers, as they travel through space to extend lunar and cislunar missions.
The Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft attempted an intricate Moon landing sequence that included reducing speed and altitude significantly in minutes.
Ispace will attempt a landing late next month on the Atlas Crater region of the moon.
The mission has entered the cruise phase, which could last up to 140 days.
The Rashid Rover will analyse the plasma on the lunar surface and conduct experiments to understand more about lunar dust.
The rover is built to take a carousel of images of the Moon's surroundings via high-resolution cameras.
The rover is built to take a carousel of images of the Moons surroundings via high-resolution cameras.
Ispace is scheduled to launch two lunar landing missions in 2022 and 2023 under the Hakuto-R programme.
