What Led to Japanese Lander's Second Failed Moon Landing?

What led to Japanese lander's second failed moon landing?

A Japanese lander crash-landed on the moon in its second straight failure to touch down on the lunar surface. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more on the mission, and President Trump and Elon Musk feud's potential impact on the U.S. space program.

'Resilience' falls short: Japanese moon lander crashes in second bid

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon.The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.

Japanese company’s second moon landing mission fails

A Japanese company’s second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon has seemingly failed. The new mission by the company iSpace attempted to land on the Moon during the night between Thursday and Friday but communication with the spacecraft was lost after the attempt. Previously, in 2023, the company’s mission also crashed and was destroyed on the Moon’s surface. iSpace had launched the mission in January and it was scheduled to land on the nor…

Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing

Left: ispace Japan’s second Moon lander, named RESILIENCE, at JAXA’s Tsukuba Space Center pre-launch. Also seen integrated into the lander is ispace’s first rover TENACIOUS; Right: Our Earth as imaged by RESILIENCE from lunar orbit. Images: ispaceispace Japan’s second Moon lander RESILIENCE launched in January with the aim of a Moon landing. But just like its predecessor Hakuto-R’s fate about two years ago, RESILIENCE crashed into the Moon durin…