"We lost the communication, so we have to assume that we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface," ispace Chief Executive Takeshi Hakamada said on a company live stream, as mission control engineers in Tokyo continued to try regaining contact with its lander. "The spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX rocket in December and completed 8 out of 10 mission objectives in space that would provide valuable data for ispace's next landing attempt in 2024, Hakamada said. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays