NASA May Have Found Hakuto-R's Crash Site By Nancy_A
Before and after comparison of the impact site without annotations. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.
This ratio image, below, which was created by dividing the data from the after and before images shows the impact site a little clearer. The LRO team said the impact created an area of higher reflectance, approximately 60-80 meters across. The ispace Series 1 Lunar Lander stood about 2.3 meters tall and has four landing legs, and fully fueled with its payload, it weighed roughly 1000 kg . The main body is an octagonal prism, 1.6 meters high and about 1.6 meters across its widest diameter. It has one main landing thruster and six assist thrusters. Its electronics are powered by solar panels.
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