Japanese startup Ispace has concluded that a hardware anomaly in a laser-based landing sensor caused the failure of its Mission 2 lunar landing earlier this month, the company announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/ispace-crash-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #startups #moon #ispace #space
ispace Releases Technical Cause Analysis for HAKUTO-R Mission 2
The analysis identifies an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder (LRF) that resulted in the hard landing.
https://www.alojapan.com/1305437/japanese-company-blames-laser-glitch-for-second-moon-landing-failure/ Japanese company blames laser glitch for second moon landing failure #Crash #FailedMission #failure #ispace #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #LaserNavigation #LunarLander #MareFrigoris #MoonLanding #news #résilience #SpaceExploration #SpacecraftFailure News Desk 24 June 2025, 02:54 AM IST This is the company`s second failed Moon landing attempt This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, June 4, …
Officials at the #Tokyo headquarters of #Ispace said on Friday morning local time that they had not been able to get in contact with the #Resilience spacecraft and presumed it had crashed 
in the northern hemisphere of the lunar near side https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/science/moon-landing-ispace-japan.html
#SpaceMission #Moon #MoonLanding #ispace #HakutoR
It was early morning in Tokyo when the Hakuto-R Resilience lander of the Japanese company ispace inc. attempted the Moon landing. For the people who watched the conclusion of the first Hakuto-R lander's mission, the end of Resilience's mission unfortunately offered a sense of deja vu. This time, the telemetry transmission was interrupted less than two minutes before the Moon landing.
#ispace:
".. Following the landing sequence, the Mission Control Center was unable to establish communications with the RESILIENCE lunar lander. ... It has been decided to conclude the mission."
".. laser rangefinder used to measure the distance to the lunar surface experienced delays in obtaining valid measurement values."
".. lander was unable to decelerate sufficiently .."
https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=7664
6.6.2025
Japanese space startup Ispace’s lunar mission ended in failure on Friday after the team was unable to make contact with its Resilience lander, with a hard landing appearing likely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/06/japan/science-health/ispace-lunar-lander-failure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #startups #moon #ispace #space
That can't be good....
That's all for now from our live coverage. We will update this broadcast and our thread on BlueSky tomorrow morning (European time) when we get new information from iSpace Mission 2. We thank you for your attention. See you next time. Clear skies and bye bye. #science #ispace #RESILIENCE #Space
Well, that was anti-climactic. The stream wrapped up. Nobody knows if the spacecraft landed or not, or what state it's in.
I'm going to assume it's smacked into the moon, and is defunct… as usual.
ispace Resilience didn't make it?
Moon is a tough place to land autonomously it seems.
Nothing beats a pair of mitts and a batch of thrust in the hands of a good pilot! Should get Ukrainians to land their Moon Drones! Just park a few rusky jets on La Lune and they'll have your kit on top of 'em in no time!
Looks like a "how to build your own Hakuto-R video running here, while we wait to hear if the iSpace craft has landed or is doing the usual reclined position.
slightly annoying webcast imho ...
Ha ha - they're saying "we need some time, so here are some videos you can watch."
Expected some anime clips.
Hmm - bringing up the #ISpace feed, they said the landing time has passed (!?) I thought it was 3:27 eastern - oops, I slipped a digit.
So the mission control is sitting around waiting for some confirmation that the lander has in fact landed.
[Narrator: we'll shortly find out it's tipped on its side]
Okay - suspending my outdoor work, and checking out the #ispace moon landing attempt.
On YTube check for the iSpace channel.
