Ispace Moon lander 'Resilience' crashesThe Japanese-made private lunar lander, named 'Resilience', crashed while attempting to touch down on the Moon, with its makers Ispace officially calling the mission a failureFriday June 6, 2025 5:51 PM , ummid.com News Network[Image posted by ispace on X.] Tokyo: The Japanese-made private lunar lander, named 'Resilience', crashed while attempting to touch down on the Moon, with its makers Ispace officially calling the mission a failure. Tokyo-based ispace said on Friday that its Moon lander Resilience dropped out of the lunar orbit as planned and that the mission appeared to be going well. However, the flight controllers lost contact with Resilience moments before its scheduled touchdown on the surface of the moon following an hourlong descent. iSpace Moon landing attempt was second and Japan's first by a private company.