The japanese space agency postponed this Sunday, for the third timethe launch of his mission to the Moon “Moon Sniper”due to bad weather conditionsthe authorities reported.
He H2-A rocketwhich was scheduled to take off from the southern island of tangashimaalso carried a research satellite developed together with NASA and the European Space Agency.
The “Moon Sniper” mission (moon sniper) still it was not rescheduled by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), given the expectation generated, after India successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft last week.
MHI Launch Services, co-developer of the rocket, said on the X social network (formerly Twitter) that the mission was suspended due to the wind.
It should be remembered that the Indian ship landed near the lunar south pole, a triumph for the world’s most populous country and its low-cost space program.
Previously, only the United States, Russia and China had managed to place spacecraft on the lunar surfacenone of them at the south pole.
The Indian success comes days after a Russian probe crashed in the same lunar region, and four years after an Indian government attempt failed at the last minute.
Japan’s lunar mission
The Japanese territory tried last year to land a probe called Omotenashi, carried by NASA’s Artemis 1 rocketbut the mission went wrong and communications were lost.
In April, the Japanese company ispace failed in its ambitious attempt to become the first private company to land on the moonafter he lost communication after a “hard moon landing”.
“Moon Sniper” got its name because the JAXA seek to place it in a range of 100 meters from a given point on the Moon, below the normal range of several kilometers.
Source: Ambito
