Japanese Moon Lander Lost in Historic Lunar Landing Attempt

Japanese private space company iSpace's lunar lander, Hakuto-R, is likely to have crashed on the Moon's surface after communication was lost moments before it was due to touch down. The lander was carrying an exploratory rover and a small robot developed by a toymaker. The mission aimed to assess the viability of commercial launches to the lunar surface and was the first test by iSpace of what they hope will be a series of commercial landers over the next few years.