Japan's ispace fails second lunar landing mission

Japanese startup failed to land its unmanned Resilience craft on the moon. The mission was aborted as it was likely the craft had crashed after losing contact.

Japan's private moon mission was aborted on Friday after it was presumed that the unmanned Resilience spacecraft had crashed.

Tokyo-based startup ispace had launched the mission in hopes of becoming the first private company outside the United States to achieve a controlled lunar landing.