Japanese aerospace and robotics company iSpace has announced why it believes its recent attempt to land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon failed. It was all reportedly down to a misfiring laser ...

The new lander will have more than 10 times the capacity of ispace’s first lander, Series 1, which suffered a devastating impact into the lunar surface back in April. Topics ...

Takeshi Hakamada, ispace's president and founder, revealed that the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lander is believed to have crashed while attempting to land on the moon on Thursday, June 05, 2025.

Japanese company ispace lost communication with its Hakuto-R lander just moments before it was supposed to touch down on the lunar surface. “At this moment, we have not been able to confirm ...

ispace's HAKUTO-R Mission 2 approaches the moon on Friday, May 16, 2025. HAKUTO-R lunar lander named RESILIENCE and lunar rover TENACIOUS are expected to land on the moon on Thursday, June 05.

Japan's ispace inc said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably ...

NASA, for its part, had already spotted the wreckage. About a week after the crash, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed ...

A lunar lander likely plummeted 3 miles before smashing into the lunar surface after an attempt to make a soft touchdown on the moon, Ispace said Friday. CNN values your feedback 1.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the ...

The HAKUTO-R M1 lunar lander, developed by Tokyo-based ispace, was scheduled to land at 12:40 p.m. Eastern April 25 in the vicinity of Atlas Crater on the moon.

In 2026, a larger Ispace lander is to carry NASA payloads to the far side of the moon as part of a CLPS mission led by Draper Laboratory of Cambridge, Mass. Image ...

But before all that, the company needs to touch down on the moon. The M1 lander, part of ispace’s Hakuto-R program, will be the company’s first foray into lunar exploration, essentially acting ...