A post-landing press briefing is expected soon, which may confirm Resilience’s fate. Japan’s ispace loses second moon lander as contact breaks before touchdown ...

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. Five hours after the landing time of 3:17 p.m ...

But Odysseus — the first private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon — managed to operate on the lunar surface for seven Earth days before going dark. Related stories: ...

With Resilience, the Japanese company ispace hoped to be one of the first to land a private spacecraft on the moon. Unfortunately, its first mission, in April 2023, ended in failure as the crashed ...

[1/3]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.