Earth View | Japan's ispace Resilience Moon Lander Mission

Earth View | Japan's ispace Resilience Moon Lander Mission

"On May 27th, Resilience looked back at us from lunar orbit, taking in a whole new view of an Earth rise from the Moon."

"If it weren't for the clouds, the lander could have likely seen Japan here, where it spent much of its time on Earth being carefully designed, assembled and tested by ispace crew. We're eagerly gazing back today as landing time approaches."

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 here on X (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

Image Date: May 27, 2025

Release Date: June 5, 2025

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