A Tokyo-based company is inching closer to making lunar history! 🚀 Ispace’s Resilience lander has officially entered the moon’s orbit, kicking off the final countdown to its highly anticipated touchdown in early June. If successful, this mission could put Japan at the forefront of the booming private space race 🌌.
The Resilience—launched via SpaceX back in January—is carrying a mini rover with a scoop designed to analyze lunar soil, along with other experiments. This isn’t ispace’s first moon rodeo: their 2023 lunar lander crash-landed, but the team is aiming for redemption 🌕.
The stakes are high. In March, Firefly Aerospace (U.S.) became the first private company to land without mishaps, while Intuitive Machines’ craft ended up tilted in a crater. Now, all eyes are on Resilience to nail its six-legged landing. Could Japan’s tech spark a new wave of moon exploration? 🌏👩🚀
