Source: CBS News
“A privately-built Japanese moon lander made its descent to touchdown on the lunar surface Thursday, but has so far failed to send a signal back to Earth as controllers anxiously awaited data to confirm if the landing was a success. The latest mission comes two years after the company’s first lander ran out of gas and crashed to the lunar surface. The Resilience lander, carrying cameras, a few scientific instruments and a tiny rover, was scheduled to drop out of a 62-mile-high orbit and touch down at 3:17 p.m. EDT near the center of Mare Frigoris — the Sea of Cold — in the moon’s northern hemisphere at 60 degrees north latitude. The company ended its livestream coverage of the landing about 15 minutes later, saying team members were continuing their attempts to communicate with the lander.” (06/05/25)