Japanese company ispace joins march back to the moon in 2022

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TOKYO - A Japanese company is pushing ahead with plans to launch a private moon lander by the end of 2022, a year packed with other moonshot ambitions and rehearsals that could foretell how soon huma

ns get back to the lunar surface.

Other missions in 2022 plan to orbit the moon, particularly the Nasa Artemis-1 mission, a crucial uncrewed test of the American hardware that is to carry astronauts back to the moon. South Korea could also launch its first lunar orbiter later this year.India was planning to make its second robotic moon landing attempt this year. But its Chandrayaan-3 mission was delayed to mid-2023, said Mr K. Sivan, who completed his term as the chairman of the country's space agency this month.

The moon landing would come three to four months later as the mission uses a lengthy lunar trajectory to save fuel and maximise the amount of cargo the M1 lander can carry along.

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