{"id":29101,"date":"2025-06-05T14:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29101"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:24:12","slug":"ispace-of-japans-resilience-lander-heads-to-the-moon-how-and-when-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29101","title":{"rendered":"Ispace of Japan\u2019s Resilience Lander Heads to the Moon: How and When to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Ispace crashed on the moon in 2023. Its second spacecraft, Resilience, aims in the hours ahead to succeed where its predecessor failed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sizeMedium css-1d5j3k5\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\" data-testid=\"VideoBlock\">\n<div class=\"css-1xb94ky\">\n<div class=\"css-11kuxu4\" style=\"width:100%;padding-bottom:83.47245409015025%;overflow:hidden\">\n<div class=\"css-122y91a\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-ktho12 e3rygrp0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\" data-testid=\"video-summary\">Video posted by iSpace showed the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander circling the moon on Wednesday.<\/span><span class=\"css-cch8ym\"><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span>iSpace<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A Japanese company is hoping that the second time\u2019s the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ispace of Tokyo is among the private companies that have emerged in recent years aiming to establish a profitable business by sending experiments and other payloads to the surface of the moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Its first spacecraft made it to lunar orbit in 2023, but <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/04\/25\/science\/ispace-moon-landing-japan\" title>crashed as it attempted to land<\/a>. Its second spacecraft, named Resilience, launched in January and has been taking a roundabout path to the moon, entering orbit last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Resilience is now ready to descend to the lunar surface, and Ispace hopes that it will arrive there intact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6d6162d8\">When is the moon landing, and how can I watch it?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Resilience, also known as the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander, is scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. (It will be Friday at the company\u2019s mission control in Tokyo.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ispace will provide <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ispace-inc.com\/landing\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">live coverage of the landing<\/a> beginning at 2:10 p.m. Eastern time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6140d2f8\">What is Ispace, and what happened during its last moon mission?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ispace emerged from a Japanese team that had aimed to win the Google Lunar X Prize, which offered $20 million for the first privately financed venture to land on the moon. None of the X Prize teams got off the ground before <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/23\/science\/google-lunar-x-prize-moon.html\" title>the competition expired in 2018<\/a>. Takeshi Hakamada, the leader of the Japanese X Prize team, raised private financing to push forward and is the chief executive of Ispace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"InteractiveBlock-3\">\n<div class=\"css-1sk8wv4\" data-testid=\"interactive-block\"><a class=\"css-1f0en3d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/06\/04\/science\/craters-bumps-moon-quiz.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1fnp0wc\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/00HS-sci-craters-or-bumps-down-articleLarge-v2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g3u91s\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1a9yvhp\">Do You See Craters or Bumps on the Moon\u2019s Surface?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-vop5d5\">A picture taken recently by a Japanese company\u2019s spacecraft shows how your interpretation of objective reality can be tested by the power of illusion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Optimistic-4\">\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Its second spacecraft, Resilience, aims in the hours ahead to succeed where its predecessor failed.Video posted by iSpace showed the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander circling the moon on Wednesday.iSpaceA Japanese company is hoping that the second time\u2019s the charm for putting a robotic lander on the moon.Ispace of Tokyo is among the private companies that have emerged in recent years aiming to establish a profitable business by sending experiments and other payloads to the surface of the moon.Its first spacecraft made it to lunar orbit in 2023, but crashed as it attempted to land. Its second spacecraft, named Resilience, launched in January and has been taking a roundabout path to the moon, entering orbit last month.Resilience is now ready to descend to the lunar surface, and Ispace hopes that it will arrive there intact.When is the moon landing, and how can I watch it?Resilience, also known as the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander, is scheduled to land at 3:17 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. (It will be Friday at the company\u2019s mission control in Tokyo.)Ispace will provide live coverage of the landing beginning at 2:10 p.m. Eastern time.What is Ispace, and what happened during its last moon mission?Ispace emerged from a Japanese team that had aimed to win the Google Lunar X Prize, which offered $20 million for the first privately financed venture to land on the moon. None of the X Prize teams got off the ground before the competition expired in 2018. Takeshi Hakamada, the leader of the Japanese X Prize team, raised private financing to push forward and is the chief executive of Ispace.Do You See Craters or Bumps on the Moon\u2019s Surface?A picture taken recently by a Japanese company\u2019s spacecraft shows how your interpretation of objective reality can be tested by the power of illusion.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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