Japan’s ispace is ready for World’s commercial Lunar landing

Japanese iSpace Inc., Hakuto-R-Mission 1 (M1), is preparing for landing on the Moon early. If they succeed, it will be the world’s first lunar landing by a private company. The M1 lander landed around 1:40 am Japan time (1640 GMI Tuesday) after taking off from Cape Canvaveral, Elorida, on a space rocket in December.
In recent years, Japan has faced challenges in space technology with the goal of sending Japanese astronauts to the moon by the late 2020s, while Japan has a big ambition of building a domestic industry.
Last month, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) lost its new medium-lift H3 rocket to forced manual destruction after it reached space. In less than five months, the Epsilon Rocket failed after landing in October.
The 2.3-meter-tall (7.55-foot) M1 will begin an hour late landing from the current position in the moon’s orbit, the exact distance being around 100 km above the surface, moving at nearly 6000 km/hour (3700 mps), as detailed by chief technology officer Ryo Ujiie during the media briefing on Monday. Ujiie worked on the task of matching the speed of the lander to the moon’s gravitational pull.
Only the US, Soviet Union, and China have made soft landings on the moon, with attempts in recent years by India and Israel failing on mission.