The Japanese space corporation iSpace's lunar lander Resilience (RESILIENCE) entered lunar orbit on the 7th. Resilience is scheduled to attempt landing in about a month. If successful, it would become the third lunar lander from a private corporation to land on the Moon.
iSpace announced on the 7th that Resilience successfully entered lunar orbit that morning. Resilience was launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 on January. The reason it reached lunar orbit after four months is that the Resilience, launched in January, traveled through deep space, which is 1.1 million kilometers away from Earth, to reach lunar orbit.
iSpace had a previous attempt to land on the Moon in April 2023 but experienced failure. At that time, iSpace's lunar lander crashed into the lunar surface after losing lift, resulting in destruction.
iSpace's second lunar lander will attempt to land on June 6. If successful, it will become the third in the world from a private corporation and the first from a Japanese corporation.
Takeshi Hakamada, CEO of iSpace, noted, "The lunar landing operations are proceeding smoothly based on the experiences gained from the previous failure, and we will prepare cautiously and thoroughly."