Japanese company ispace's Resilience lander will attempt to touch down on the moon. "The solar-powered lander carried five ...

TOKYO -- Despite two successive failures to land a lunar probe on the moon, Japanese startup ispace has not deviated from its plans to commercialize lunar transportation.

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The spacecraft's laser range finder, or LRF, experienced an anomaly that prevented Resilience from obtaining valid measurements of its distance from the lunar surface.

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon. Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The crash landing ...

After the hard work of several hundred people from ispace-Japan and ispace-Europe over five years, and substantial financial investment by private institutional investors, mega-banks and Japanese ...

Japanese firm ispace is set to make its second attempt to land on the moon, potentially becoming Asia's first private company to do so. Onboard its lander called "Resilience" is Taiwan's first ...

People await the update on ispace’s private lunar lander’s attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kyodo News via AP) A private lunar lander from Japan ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.

A private lunar lander from Japan fell silent while descending to the moon with a mini rover and its fate was unknown. (AP produced by Javier Arciga). Read more: https://bit.ly/4kSrNPB ...