JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface.

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

A Japanese-built moon lander called Resilience has crashed during its attempt to softly land on the lunar surface. This was Japan’s second try at reaching the moon with a private spacecraft, and ...

A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again. Five hours after the landing time of 3:17 p.m ...

A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location. Thread starter JournalBot; Start date Jun 6, 2025; ... I've played enough Lunar Lander to know just how hard this is.

China, in collaboration with Russia and other countries, has also set a goal of building a lunar base by 2045. India also has ...

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.Related video above: SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodesNASA released the pictures ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company’s lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The cras… ...

A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon By MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer Jun 23, 2025 ...

A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The ...