{"id":1131911,"date":"2023-04-24T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1131911"},"modified":"2023-04-24T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:04:27","slug":"a-japanese-company-is-about-to-attempt-a-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1131911","title":{"rendered":"A Japanese company is about to attempt a Moon landing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> A photo of the Moon taken by the ispace lander’s on-board camera from an altitude of about 100 km above the lunar surface. (credit: ispace)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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It’s nearly time for a privately developed Japanese lunar lander to make a historic attempt to touch down on the Moon.<\/p>\n

After spending five months in transit to reach the Moon\u2014following a looping but fuel-efficient trajectory\u2014the Hakuto-R mission will attempt to land on the Moon as early as Tuesday. If its mission operators decide to proceed, the landing attempt will begin as soon as 11:40 am ET on Tuesday (15:40 UTC). It will be livestreamed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The landing attempt will start from an altitude of about 100 km above the lunar surface, where the spacecraft is presently in a circular orbit. It will begin with a braking maneuver by a firing of the spacecraft’s main engine, to be followed by a pre-programmed set of commands during which the lander will adjust its attitude with respect to the Moon’s surface and decelerate to make a soft landing. The process should take about an hour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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