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.

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'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).

Ispace’s first attempt to put a spacecraft on the lunar surface ended with a crash landing in April 2023 after a 4 ½-month journey from Earth. Ultimately, Resilience’s long trajectory offers ...

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 ...

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

Resilience is ispace's second lunar lander and has been on a long, circuitous route to the moon after launch on Jan. 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission is a follow-up to the failed Hakuto ...

Even before Resilience’s landing attempt, ispace-U.S. incorporated lessons learned from ispace-Japan’s first mission in 2023. ispace-U.S.’s next generation lander, called APEX-1.0 builds ...

The Ispace Tenacious rover (top) is seen carried by the Resilience lunar lander at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in September 2024.

And Nozaki said that, no matter the outcome of Resilience’s trip, Ispace will abandon the low-energy transfer approach with its third mission. Ispace’s upcoming lunar lander, called Apex 1.0, will be ...

Ultimately, Resilience’s long trajectory offers Ispace both pros and cons. Getting to the moon in months, weeks or days Resilience is on a path to the moon that’s often referred to as a low ...

Japan-based company Ispace will attempt to safely land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon this week after the lunar lander spent months in orbit.