ViewJapanese space company ispace says its mission to land an unmanned probe on the moon appears to have failed.
Mission controllers lost contact with the probe Wednesday when it had nearly completed its descent. The last communication from the probe came when it was just 33 feet above the moon's surface, while it was...
Japanese moon mission appears to have failed feet from the surface
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