ISPACE fails again: Moon mission Resilience broken off!
ISPACE fails again: Moon mission Resilience broken off!
Mond, Erde - On June 6, 2025, the Japanese company ISPACE made another attempt to carry out a moon landing. Unfortunately, the mission with the landing device "Resilience" ended in a setback, since the contact broke off shortly before the planned landing in Mare Frigoris. Takeshi Hakamada, the ISPACE CEO, explained that communication can be restored as unlikely, which is why the mission was officially broken off. This marks the second defeat for ISPACE after a previous attempt was unsuccessful in April 2023. At that time it was the first commercial attempt at a moon landing from Japan.
"Resilience" started his trip in January 2025 when it started with the US moonlander "Blue Ghost" on board a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. While "Blue Ghost" successfully landed in March 2025, the missed landing of "Resilience" raised questions about the challenges of moon missions. These require that space probes work autonomously while a long and demanding mission profile is going through.
cultural and scientific aspirations
A remarkable aspect of the mission was the freight of the "Resilience" landing. In addition to scientific devices, the mini-rover "Tenacious", which was designed for the collection of moon data and for exploration of the landing site. Other fellow travelers include a water electrolysiser from Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. and a food production attempt by Euglena CO. These components are part of the Hakuto-R Mondexploration program that is managed by ISPACE. Hakamada described the mission as an important step towards the development of the moon and to support future human activities and colonial research.
In addition, “Resilience” also transports cultural artifacts, including a UNESCO memory plate for the preservation of linguistic and cultural diversity as well as a model building by the Swedish artist Mikael Genberg, which is known as “MoonHouse”. These initiatives underline the interdisciplinary claim of the moon missions, which goes beyond purely technical goals.
the look into the future
Despite the setbacks, ISPACE remains optimistic. The company is already planning an ambitious mission with a larger lander for 2027. This will probably be able to take on more complex tasks with regard to the moon exploration and could act as a pioneer for future commercial activities in the moon sector. Other private companies, including Blue Origin and Astrobotic, are also working on realizing their own moon landings by the end of 2025.
In parallel to these developments, other private companies also collect success. The Mission IM-1 of intuitive machines is the first successful moon landing of a private company and illustrates how the commercial space travel is increasingly part of the moon. NASA recently commissioned commercial providers to transport NASA users to the moon. This dynamic shows that the private space industry continues to grow and the moon is increasingly regarded as a goal for scientific and cultural projects, both from national and private actors in space.For ISPACE, the view of what comes next is crucial, while the company continues its efforts to open up the moon and want to contribute to the global scientific community.
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