月着陸機と通信確立できず　米新型ロケットで打ち上げ―ＪＡＸＡ

　１６日午後（日本時間）に米新型ロケット「スペース・ローンチ・システム（ＳＬＳ）」で打ち上げられ、日本の探査機として初の月着陸を目指す「ＯＭＯＴＥＮＡＳＨＩ（オモテナシ）」について、宇宙航空研究開発機構（ＪＡＸＡ）は１７日午前０時までに地上局との通信が確立できていないと発表した。ＪＡＸＡは引き続き通信を試みる。
　オモテナシは、１１×２４×３７センチの超小型機。ＳＬＳには計１０基の超小型探査機が相乗りしており、日本からはオモテナシのほか、ＪＡＸＡや東大などが開発した「エクレウス」も搭載されている。エクレウスは正常動作を確認したという。（2022/11/17-00:27）

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Thursday that it has not established communication with its moon lander Omotenashi, launched aboard a U.S. rocket Wednesday.
   As of midnight Wednesday, no communication had been established with the supersmall probe, which Japan hopes will be the country's first spacecraft to land on the moon, according to the space agency.
   Omotenashi, measuring 11 centimeters by 24 centimeters by 37 centimeters, is among the 10 probes launched aboard NASA's Space Launch System in the first leg of the U.S.-led Artemis program aimed at getting humans on the moon for the first time in a half century.
   The probes also include Equuleus, which was developed mainly by JAXA and the University of Tokyo and is slated to travel to the back side of the moon. It has been confirmed that the deep-space probe is operating normally.