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 ...

He went on to say that iSpace was still committed to hitting its next launch window, which would send another spacecraft to the Moon sometime in 2027 using the company's new Apex 1.0 lander.

Currently, ispace's Resilience moon lander is scheduled to land on Thursday, June 5, at 3:17 p.m. EDT (1917 GMT), though it will be 4:17 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Friday, June 6, at touchdown time.

Ispace is working with Draper Technologies in Massachusetts on one of those U.S.-led missions, which could help lay the groundwork for delivering cargo — and eventually astronauts — on the moon.

ispace’s first failed moon landing happened in April 2023. That spacecraft plummeted to the moon’s surface due to a software glitch that messed up the lander’s ability to determine its altitude.

Ispace's first Hakuto-R lander crashed in April 2023 because it ran out of fuel on the way down, unable to control its landing. It was unclear immediately after the second attempt on Thursday if ...

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Photo: ispace, inc. via AP A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.

ISpace's private Resilience Lander will attempt to touch down on the Mare Frigoris region of the moon 's surface on June 5, at 3:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT). While you won’t be able to see the lander ...

Winter Moon ispace is one of three private companies that will attempt Moon landings this winter, and the only mission not funded by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

People await the update on ispace’s private lunar lander’s attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kyodo News via AP) A private lunar lander from Japan ...