A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon.

A malfunction in a laser navigation tool led to the crash of a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the ...

The ispace team chose a flat area with few boulders in Mare Frigoris or Sea of Cold, a long and narrow region full of craters and ancient lava flows that stretches across the near side’s ...

ispace's RESILIENCE Lunar Lander crashed in Mare Frigoris on June 6, 2025, after a Hard Landing Moon. The Japan Moon Mission failed, losing payloads like ESA's Tenacious rover. Trending Photos A ...

Resilience, a 2.3-metre lander, had successfully dropped out of lunar orbit and was set to touch down in Mare Frigoris, a flat area near the moon’s north. But contact was lost just moments ...

On June 5, a lander called Resilience was supposed to touch down in the Mare Frigoris region of the Moon, delivering, among other things, the continent's first-ever lunar rover. Turns out the ...

The spacecraft, dubbed "Resilience," was supposed to make a soft landing on the Moon's Mare Frigoris region today at 4:17am JST (12:47am IST). However, communication with the lander was lost less ...

A Japanese private lunar lander, Resilience, faced communication loss during its moon landing attempt. Ispace confirmed the lander departed lunar orbit. Contact was lost during the descent.

The ispace team chose a flat area with few boulders in Mare Frigoris or Sea of Cold, a long and narrow region full of craters and ancient lava flows that stretches across the near side’s ...

The ispace team chose a flat area with few boulders in Mare Frigoris or Sea of Cold, a long and narrow region full of craters and ancient lava flows that stretches across the near side's northern tier ...