A Japanese commercial spacecraft is zeroing in on its second attempt at a lunar landing, now flying laps around the moon.
The company ispace entered lunar orbit more than a week ago, sending its Resilience lander soaring about 62 miles above the surface at its closest approach. For days, fans have asked the company executives to release spacecraft images to show its latest achievement. They finally did on May 16.
The new image not only captures the spacecraft swooping by the moon in space but showcases Tenacious, its accompanying micro rover, hidden under a cover in the lower right corner. A camera mounted to the top of the lander snapped the photo.
“Hello from lunar orbit!” the company said in a post on X.
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