ispace's lunar lander, Resilience, crashed during its second attempt to land on the Moon, leading to the destruction of a rover and several experiments. Mission control lost contact shortly before touchdown in Mare Frigoris. After the mission failure was confirmed by ispace officials, CEO Takeshi Hakamada expressed disappointment. The root issue was identified as a malfunction in the altitude measurement system, resulting in inadequate deceleration leading to the crash. Ispace aims to analyze the failure to improve future lunar missions.
"We wanted to make Mission 2 a success, but unfortunately we haven't been able to land," said Takeshi Hakamada, the company's founder and CEO.
"The deceleration was not enough. That was a fact," Ujiie told reporters in a press conference. "We failed to land, and we have to analyze the reasons."
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