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CTOnews.com November 21 news, The United States "Space Launch System (SLS)" Heavy rocket aimed at returning to the moon launched on November 16, The rocket also carried Japan's first lunar landing probe "Hospitality (OMOTENASHI)," But a few days ago Japan Aerospace Research and Development Agency (JAXA) admitted,"Hospitality" Failure and loss of contact, At the latest will decide whether to completely abandon the lunar landing plan on November 21.

Japan's lunar landing probe "Hospitality" According to the World Wide Web reported, JAXA issued a communique on the 17th,"Hospitality" and SLS rocket separation, Due to unknown reasons at an angular velocity of 80 degrees per second high speed rotation, Beyond the probe attitude control adjustment range, Can not aim solar panels at the sun for charging. Due to lack of power, the ground command center has lost contact with the detector. Professor Shuming Hashimoto, head of the development team of the "Hospitality" detector, said the detector was in an abnormal posture and the solar cells almost failed. However, he also said,"although the situation is serious, but did not give up landing on the lunar surface." "He said he would correct the orbit for landing and decide whether to abandon the landing at the latest by the night of the 21st.

JAXA said that even if communications were restored, the Hospitality would not be able to decelerate through solid rockets as originally planned to achieve a "semi-hard landing" of 180 kilometers per hour on the lunar surface, but close to a hard landing state, and the integrity of the probe was at risk.

CTOnews.com learned that Japan has a long history of interest in lunar exploration. In 2007, JAXA launched the Lunar Goddess lunar probe, carrying 15 precision instruments to conduct a long-term comprehensive analysis of lunar resources in orbit around the moon. If Hospitality succeeds, Japan will become the fourth country in the world to successfully land on the moon, but the prospects are not very optimistic.

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