Race to the Moon · Japan
CP-12 far-side delivery (Draper / ispace-U.S.; ispace’s Mission 5) was cancelled. CP-12 far-side delivery (Draper / ispace-U.S.; ispace’s Mission 5) is a lander mission in the ispace programme by ispace-U.S. + Draper (NASA CLPS), counted under Japan.
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Schrödinger basin on the far side. Slipped from 2026 to 2027 (May 2025), then to 2030 after an engine-vendor change (ispace, 27 Mar 2026). On 15 Jul 2026 ispace announced that Draper “has mutually agreed with NASA to end” CLPS task order CP-12; ispace-U.S. plans to bid under the next CLPS framework instead.
CP-12 far-side delivery (Draper / ispace-U.S.; ispace’s Mission 5) was cancelled.
CP-12 far-side delivery (Draper / ispace-U.S.; ispace’s Mission 5) is a lander mission in the ispace programme by ispace-U.S. + Draper (NASA CLPS), counted under Japan.
Cancelled. Schrödinger basin on the far side.
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