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 ...

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace snapped a stunning image of the Earth as it prepares for its journey to the moon. ispace's Resilience lander launched on Jan ...

Plans had called for the 7.5-foot (2.3-meter) Resilience to beam back pictures within hours and for the lander to lower the piggybacking rover onto the lunar surface this weekend.

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 ...

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.

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The Japanese private spaceflight company ispace aims to make history on Thursday (June 5) with its second attempt to land on the moon. The Resilience lander is currently orbiting the moon as it ...

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. ... This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, Wednesday June 4, 2025. Credit: AP ...

Resilience is based on ispace's Hakuto-R solar-powered lander platform. It is similar to the first lander which made a failed landing attempt in April 2023, but features upgraded software to ...