After a five month journey to the moon, Ispace’s Resilience lander is on track to touchdown on the lunar surface this afternoon. The Japanese company’s lunar lander took off alongside Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost in January.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic had an abortive go in January 2024 with its Peregrine lunar lander, which suffered a crippling fuel leak shortly after launch and ended up crashing back to Earth. A month later, Houston company Intuitive Machines made history with its Odysseus craft, which touched down near the lunar south pole.