Overview

• Resilience, ispace's second lunar lander, entered lunar orbit on May 7, 2025, following a nine-minute thruster burn, the longest maneuver of the mission.
• The mission targets Mare Frigoris, with a soft landing attempt scheduled for June 5, and alternative sites prepared if conditions require adjustments.
• The lander carries the TENACIOUS micro rover, designed to conduct regolith collection and mobility demonstrations, alongside cultural artifacts like a UNESCO memory disk and a miniature artwork.
• This marks ispace's second attempt at a lunar landing after a 2023 crash, with lessons from that mission applied to improve reliability and operations.
• If successful, Resilience would make ispace the first Japanese private company to achieve a lunar landing, contributing to the growing role of commercial firms in lunar exploration.