The Japan-based iSpace company announced that it lost its connection with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) spacecraft when it landed on the moon.”We have to assume that we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface,” said the company’s CEO, Takeshi Hakamada, in a statement.
If the spacecraft landed successfully, iSpace would have been the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon.
Members of Italy’s opposition Five-Star Movement (M5S) wore black, white, and green T-shirts, representing the Palestinian flag, during a parliamentary session to protest the government’s stance on Gaza. Riccardo Ricciardi criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government for not recognizing the State of Palestine, despite widespread global recognition. Ricciardi accused the government of complicity in the ongoing conflict, calling it a “genocide” and condemning their support for what he described as “the greatest massacre of this century.”
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