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.

Resilience is based on ispace's Hakuto-R solar-powered lander platform. It is similar to the first lander which made a failed landing attempt in April 2023, but features upgraded software to ...

Japanese company ispace's Resilience lander will attempt to touch down on the moon. "The solar-powered lander carried five ...

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A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. ... This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, Wednesday June 4, 2025. Credit: AP ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its touchdown attempt on Friday, marking another failure two years after an ...

The Resilience Mission 2 lunar lander was shipped from Japan to Florida after completing a series of ground tests at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center.

Resilience, as the uncrewed lunar lander is called, is on track to make its touchdown attempt at 3:24 p.m. ET on Thursday — three months after its rideshare buddy made history.

A private lunar lander from Japan is closing in on the moon, ... This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, Wednesday June 4, 2025.

The Japanese private spaceflight company ispace aims to make history on Thursday (June 5) with its second attempt to land on the moon. The Resilience lander is currently orbiting the moon as it ...

On such a path, the Resilience lander travels for hundreds of thousands of miles, soaring into deep space and waiting for the moon’s gravity to naturally capture the spacecraft into lunar orbit. In ...