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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Japan-Moon Landing This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace's Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on June 11, 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 ...