Ispace blames laser tool for its second crash landing on the moon

Moonshot miss: This image provided by ispace shows the Resilience lander circling the moon on June 4. Resilience’s crash landing was the se­cond for ispace in two years. — AP

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo yesterday.