Resilience launched on Jan. 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that also carried another private moon lander: Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost.

Several issues conspired to bring Athena down, including tough lighting conditions near the moon's south pole.

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander went dark just before it was scheduled to touch down on the moon today (June 5), ...

However, the IM-1 team is in communication with Odysseus and is receiving data ... was supposed to land at crater Malapert A, near the south pole of the moon. But due to an issue with the craft ...

For the next few evenings, the waxing gibbous moon is already well up as skies darken. If you happen to see it, keep in mind ...

"Resilience snapped this photo of the moon's south pole from lunar orbit ... (The first was Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft that touched down on the lunar surface in February of 2024.) ...

Designed to explore the uncharted depths of the Moon’s south pole, the collaboration marks a major step forward in global lunar exploration. It will be the fifth mission in India's Chandrayaan ...

Tokyo company ispace released a fresh photo of the moon's south pole taken by its lunar lander Resilience. Credit: ispace A Japanese commercial spacecraft has sent home another close-up image of ...

With the ILRS, China and Russia aim to establish a permanent research base on the moon’s south pole by the mid-2030s to conduct fundamental space research and test technologies for establishing ...

It targeted a scientifically intriguing site near the Moon’s south pole region. While Athena’s tipped-over landing meant it couldn’t do all the scientific explorations it had planned ...

Tokyo-based ispace hopes to succeed where its 2023 mission fell short, with a new lander, new software and a new chance at ...