ispace Resilience Moon Mission Landing Site

Japan's ispace Resilience Moon Mission Landing Site

ispace: "We’ve chosen Mare Frigoris—the Sea of Cold—as our landing site for Mission 2. This is where Resilience will touch down."

Stable terrain ✅

Rich regolith ✅

Scientific potential ✅

SMBC x Hakuto-R Venture Moon Mission 2 Resilience lunar lander Resilience status: nominal 

Distance above the Lunar surface: ca. 100 km 

Current orbital phase: Low lunar orbit, traveling at ca. 5,800 km/h

Join us to watch the landing live!

📡 Live stream begins on X @ispace_inc (tentative): June 6, 03:10 JST | June 5, 18:10 UTC | June 5, 14:10 EDT

🕖 Landing (Updated!): June 6, 04:17 JST | June 5, 19:17 UTC | June 5, 15:17 EDT

🔗 You can also watch with us here: http://ispace-inc.com/landing

Livestreams:

English: www.ispace-inc.com/landing
Japanese: https://ispace-inc.com/chakuriku

Based on experience gained during Mission 1, ispace engineers and operators in mission control have worked to significantly improve the accuracy and precision of maneuvers during Mission 2 and have confirmed that all seven subsystems of the Resilience lander are nominal.

Learn more: https://ispace-inc.com/m2

Image Credit: ispace

Release Date: April 21, 2025

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