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.

After nearly six months in space, Ispace's Resilience lander will (hopefully) touch down on the lunar surface this week.

This was the aerospace firm Ispace's second attempt at placing a spacecraft on the Moon. A third will follow in 2027.

Early reports suggest that an issue with the Japanese lander's sensors prevented it from sufficiently slowing down ...

On June 5, 2025, a private Japanese spacecraft, Resilience, experienced a sudden loss of communication with mission control ...

Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the ...

A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small ...

The Japanese firm ispace has suffered another setback after its second attempt to land on the Moon ended in failure yesterday. The Hakuto-R Mission 2, also known as Resilience, failed to touch down ...

Japanese company ispace said its second commercial Moon landing attempt was unsuccessful after being unable to communicate ...

Resilience, ispace's second lunar lander, had problems measuring its distance to the surface and could not slow its descent ...

An attempt to become the third successful private landing on the moon has ended in failure, as ispace's Resilience probe ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown on Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the Moon. Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...