Japan's ispace Resilience Moon Lander Mission: "Goodbye Earth"

Japan's ispace Resilience Moon Lander Mission: "Goodbye Earth"

This photo, named "Goodbye Earth", was captured by Resilience on Feb. 18, 2025 after lunar flyby as it made its way into deep space. A landing date and time for the SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 Resilience lunar lander has been set for 4:24 a.m. (JST) on Friday, June 6, 2025. Three landing sites are being considered. A decision about landing will be made in advance, but the window for landing is open from June 6 through June 8, 2025.

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.

All deep space maneuvers directing Resilience to the Moon are expected to be completed on or around April 24, 2025, at which point the lander will achieve Success 6 of the Mission 2 Milestones. Next, Resilience is expected to enter lunar orbit on or around May 6, 2025. This will achieve Success 7.

Read more here: https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=7097

Image Credit: ispace
Release Date: March 4, 2024

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