Overview

• Resilience launched on January 15 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and entered lunar orbit on May 7 after a low-energy transfer covering over one million kilometers.
• Following maneuvers to lower its orbit to 100 km, ispace revised the landing to 3:17 p.m. ET on June 5 based on updated trajectory analyses.
• The lander carries the European-built Tenacious rover alongside experiments for water electrolysis, algae-based food production and deep-space radiation monitoring.
• After touchdown, Tenacious will deploy scientific instruments, collect lunar regolith for a $5,000 sale to NASA and place a miniature Swedish “Moonhouse” art project on the surface.
• A successful landing would mark the first controlled moon touchdown by a non-U.S. company and set the stage for ispace’s future missions under NASA’s Artemis program.