The moon, as seen from orbit by ispace's Resilience lunar lander. This is a screenshot from a short video the company posted on X on June 3, 2025. (Image credit: ispace) ...

World Japanese lunar lander crashes during attempted touchdown Private company ispace fails again to reach moon The Associated Press · Posted: Jun 05, 2025 8:05 PM PDT | Last Updated: June 5 ...

A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan's first lunar mission hit its target in a precision touchdown on ...

A Japanese company lost contact with its Moon lander Resilience during a daunting final descent, dealing a blow to its bid to make history two years after a prior mission ended in a crash ...

A Japanese company had hoped that the second time would be the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon. But it appears to have failed again. Five hours after the landing time of 3:17 p.m ...

Japanese company ispace has declared a second failure in a bid for its lunar lander to touchdown on the Moon after communication was lost less than two minutes before the scheduled grounding Comments ...

The company plans to launch two moon missions in 2027, Mission 3 and Mission 4, that will use a larger, more capable lander named Apex 1.0. That lander will weigh 2 tons, much larger than Resilience.

Tokyo-based company ispace aims to land its "Resilience" spacecraft in the moon's Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold") region on June 5, notching a big milestone for Japan and for commercial spaceflight.

TOKYO — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan’s first lunar mission hit its target in a precision ...