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HAKUTO-R Lander at The Moon

Commercial lunar lander with autonomous descent guidance (ispace Series 1).

HAKUTO-R Lander by ispace · Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of ispace

ispace's live broadcast of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar landing attempt (April 2023). The attempt failed: the lander lost communication and crashed in the final descent.

HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (RESILIENCE) attempted landing 2025-06-06. Hard landing/crash; spacecraft lost. Root cause: Laser Range Finder (LRF) hardware anomaly — delays in valid altitude measurements during final descent. Lander reached surface ~1 min 45 sec early at 187 km/h, far too fast for safe touchdown. Communications lost, never restored. ispace confirmed no prospect of successful landing on 2025-06-24. Second consecutive failed lunar landing for ispace (M1 crashed April 2023 due to software issue). Tenacious rover and all payloads lost. Missions 3 and 4 planned for 2027.

Key facts

Mission
HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (Resilience)
Outcome
CRASH-LANDED 2025-06-05; comms lost ~90 s before projected touchdown; root cause a laser-range-finder hardware anomaly (failed)
Status
ispace confirmed no prospect of successful landing on 2025-06-24
Technology
LRF delays in valid altitude measurements during final descent caused lander to reach surface ~1 min 45 sec early at 187 km/h
Payload
Tenacious rover and all payloads lost
Fleet
Second consecutive failed lunar landing for ispace; M1 crashed April 2023 due to software issue
Status
Missions 3 and 4 planned for 2027

Safety record

No incidents on record for HAKUTO-R Lander at The Moon.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
HAKUTO-R Lander
Company
ispace
Location
The Moon
Status
ended
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2025-06-05
ID
923981e4-2a02-4929-93ed-e9a397b6b502

Timeline

  1. Jun 2025
    First recorded
    HAKUTO-R Lander first documented operating at The Moon.
  2. Jun 2025
    created
  3. Jun 2026
    field updated
    sources: source added → ispace: ispace Releases Technical Cause Analysis for HAKUTO-R Mission 2
  4. Jun 2026
    field updated
    sources: source added → Japan Times: Ispace reveals cause of second lunar lander crash
  5. Jul 2026
    Current status: ended, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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HAKUTO-R Lander operates in The Moon. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (4)

  1. https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/06/06/ispaces-resilience-lander-crash-lands-on-the-moon/
  2. https://ispace-inc.com/
  3. https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=7671
  4. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/ispace-crash-cause/
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

4
unclassified
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Methodology surface for HAKUTO-R Lander at The Moon.

Common questions

What is the HAKUTO-R Lander deployment at The Moon?
HAKUTO-R Lander, built by ispace, is recorded as a deployment at The Moon on the DEPLOY registry. ispace operates the deployment directly.
Who operates HAKUTO-R Lander at The Moon?
ispace, the manufacturer of HAKUTO-R Lander, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the HAKUTO-R Lander deployment at The Moon go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting June 5, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the HAKUTO-R Lander deployment at The Moon still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
Have there been incidents at the HAKUTO-R Lander deployment at The Moon?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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