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.

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

A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, ... This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, June 4, 2025.

— Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of June 5 touchdown. Dark smudge. Resilience left some telltale marks when it slammed into the moon on June 5, and LRO noticed them.

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on Friday.

NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander. The images show a dark smudge where the lander, named Resilience, crashed into a volcanic region in ...

The 7.5-foot (2.3-meter) Resilience launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 15, 2025 alongside another moon lander built by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace.

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 crash ...

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month ... This time, the company's lander named Resilience was aiming for the moon's far north in Mare Frigoris, or Sea of ...

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 crash landing earlier ...

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 crash landing earlier ...