The company revealed that the lander misunderstood its altitude above the lunar surface and appeared to have fallen with fuel on the way. The lunar module was scheduled to begin its descent from an altitude of about 26 km on the Moon at around 0:40 a.m.

on the 100th. However, after the scheduled landing time, communication was lost, and the planned landing could not be carried out. Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno: "It is unfortunate that we were not able to achieve all of our initial plans"