The situation draws comparisons to ispace’s first failed attempt in April 2023, when its lander also lost contact moments before touchdown. The company eventually declared that mission a failure.

The loss of the Resilience spacecraft by Ispace repeated a crash into the moon in 2023 of the company’s first robotic lunar landing mission.

The following year, Texas-based Intuitive Machines performed a successful lunar landing in February 2024, though soon after touchdown, the Odysseus lander tipped to a 30-degree angle.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — After launching from Florida's space coast and cruising toward the moon for the last five months, the Japanese company ispace is preparing to touch down its lunar lander ...

Item 1 of 3 Employees of 'ispace' react as they wait for the signal from the touchdown of its lunar lander Resilience on the Moon at a venue to watch its landing in Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2025 ...

Resilience, a lunar lander produced by the Japanese aerospace firm Ispace, has crashed into the Moon's surface. The lander was Ispace's second failed attempt at placing a spacecraft on the Moon; ...

A similar fate befell Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander in 2023 when it became the first commercial company to successfully make a soft landing on the moon, although tipping over limited its ...

Intuitive Machines launched its first lunar lander, Odysseus, in February 2024.It reached the lunar surface, but the landing wasn’t exactly smooth. One of the lander’s legs may have gotten ...

Resilience, a lunar lander built and operated by the Japanese company ispace, was part of the Hakuto-R Mission to deploy a "Moonhouse," a tiny colorful art piece, on the moon, while also exploring ...

IM-2 followed on the heels of IM-1, a CLPS mission that put Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft on the moon in February 2024.Like Athena, Odysseus failed to remain upright, tipping over after ...

Resilience, a lunar lander built and operated by the Japanese company ispace, was part of the Hakuto-R Mission to deploy a "Moonhouse," a tiny colorful art piece, on the moon, while also exploring ...