This marks ispace's second failed lunar mission. Its first attempt in 2022 also ended in a crash, prompting the company to name the current lander Resilience.

Private lunar lander mission declared a failure after apparently crashing while attempting touchdown Takeshi Hakamada, the Founder and CEO of ispace, inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on ...

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 ...

The company’s U.S. subsidiary is building a new model of lander, called Apex 1.0, for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission led by Draper and scheduled for launch in 2027 ...

ispace CEO and founder Takeshi Hakamada, center, attends a press conference about their private lunar lander's attempt on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

If the probe can complete its complex manoeuvres above the lunar surface, then it should begin its landing sequence at around 7.20pm BST on 5 June and touch down an hour later in Mare Frigoris ...

The study concludes, "Advancing the Lunar Gateway to support multi-planetary missions to Mars and Ceres represents a bold step forward in human space exploration. This approach optimizes resources ...

New Pennsylvania license plate features Liberty Bell With 2026 right around the corner, drivers in Pennsylvania can finally start ordering a new license plate that celebrates the commonwealth as ...

The South Carolina standard license plate with a palm tree and crescent moon may soon be a design of the past. Its slogan, "While I breathe, I hope" is also slated to change.

NASA will keep trying for another six weeks to revive its water-hunting Lunar Trailblazer moon probe, which went silent a day after its Feb. 26 launch.