Congratulations to the @ispace_us_inc crew on the opening of the Summit Mission Control Center!
Summit MCC was built on a foundation of lessons learned from ispace’s Mission 1 operations and Mission 2 preparation. The ispace-U.S. Mission Operations Team has supported Mission 1 and is supporting Mission 2 led by ispace inc. Through that collaboration, many lessons learned were applied to this MCC design, operational execution, and training.
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For those in the Tokyo area, please join us on June 20th at the AWS Summit Japan where ispace Director of Information Security & Global IT Dan Woodham will deliver a keynote presentation on the topic of the day, "Creating the Next Era with AWS".
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We’ve received another incredible photo from the camera onboard our Mission 1 lander!
Seen here is the lunar Earthrise during solar eclipse, captured by the lander-mounted camera at an altitude of about 100 km from the lunar surface. (1/2)
While initial checkout operations continue in ispace’s Mission Control Center (MCC), we have also received the first images taken by our lander-mounted camera!
This is an image of the Earth about 19 hours after separation from the launch vehicle.
Falcon 9 is vertical on pad 40 in Florida ahead of launch of the @ispace_inc HAKUTO-R Mission 1 – the first privately-led Japanese mission to land on the lunar surface → https://t.co/D9BYeHj1EW
As we get closer to our projected launch date, we are taking a moment to reflect on the moments that got us here. In this video, taken earlier this year at the @IABG_mbH Space Centre, you can see the landing gear being installed on our #lunarlander.
#ispace#hakuto_r#lunarquest
ispace is preparing to launch 3 lunar missions by 2025, the first of which will be in November 2022. Results will generate data to help us hone our technology, enabling us to achieve a new apogee in human history and contribute to the NASA Artemis program.
Congratulations, @ispace_inc! The company joins a team, led by Draper, that has been awarded $73m to deliver #payloads, including two communication relay #satellites to #LunarOrbit + a suite of scientific experiments to the lunar surface. Learn more: https://t.co/1mgpnoynl6