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.

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

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

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 ...

Japanese space startup ispace has suffered its second failed attempt at a lunar landing in two years. The company lost ...

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 ...

TOKYO—Japan’s hopes of achieving its first soft landing on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission ...

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 ...