The second moon-landing try may not have been the charm for ispace.

The Japanese company's Resilience spacecraft aimed to make a soft touchdown in the Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold") region of the moon's near side today (June 5) at 3:17 p.m. EDT (1917 GMT; 4:17 a.m. on June 6 Japan Standard Time).

But telemetry from the lander stopped coming in about one minute and 45 seconds before the scheduled touchdown, raising doubts about Resilience's fate.

It was reminiscent of ispace's first lunar landing attempt, in April 2023. The spacecraft also went dark during that try, which was eventually declared a failure.

If at first you don't succeed, try again

Resilience stands 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) tall and weighs about 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) when fully fueled. It's the second of ispace's Ha

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