Robot model
HAKUTO-R Lander
Commercial lunar lander with autonomous descent guidance (ispace Series 1)..
- Manufacturer
- ispace
- Form factor
- space
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- 2022.ispace-inc.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies HAKUTO-R Lander, a space by ispace (pilot): 2 verified deployments on record. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Commercial lunar lander with autonomous descent guidance (ispace Series 1).. Maturity: pilot. Focus: Commercial lunar exploration. Robot: HAKUTO-R lunar lander and TENACIOUS micro-rover.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Focus
Mission 1 design (company-stated, Jul 2020)
Mission 1 assembly (company-stated, Jul 2020)
Propulsion and schedule (company-stated, Jul 2020)
Mission 2 RESILIENCE (company-stated)
TENACIOUS rover (company-stated)
First European lunar rover (company-claimed)
Specs
Role
Autonomy
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for HAKUTO-R Lander. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (RESILIENCE) attempted landing 2025-06-06.
The HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashed during its final descent on 2023-04-25 after software misread altimeter data, causing the vehicle to believe it had reached the surface while still approximately 5 km above the…
HAKUTO-R Lander on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 landing attempt
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 5, 2025
at The Moon
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 25, 2023
at The Moon
Deployment-verified media (1)
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.
From deployment: The Moon
Safety record
No incidents on record for HAKUTO-R Lander.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for HAKUTO-R Lander.Recent coverage
HAKUTO-R Lander in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning HAKUTO-R Lander from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre: Loss of Contact with "Hakuto-R" Lander
Space Mining Companies 101 – Who is leading the lunar gold rush?
Japanese company ispace fears its probe crashed into the moon, failing to snag the first private lunar landing
Japanese start-up loses contact with spacecraft during moon landing
Japanese Company’s Spacecraft Likely Crashed During Moon Landing Attempt (Published 2023)
What Happened During Ispace’s Moon Landing Attempt (Published 2023)
Japanese company aims to become first company to land on the moon Tuesday
Private lunar lander captures image of ‘crescent Earth’
Japanese moon lander, NASA hitchhiker payload launched by SpaceX
Japanese commercial moon lander, UAE rover ready for launch on SpaceX rocket
SpaceX to launch Japanese moon lander, UAE rover on Nov. 30
Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/hakuto-r-lander.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/052e9ee2-1537-4f18-8ebc-d015a8ad3770
- Revision history: /models/hakuto-r-lander/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
HAKUTO-R Lander draws attention at the 45th percentile but verifies reality at the 43rd percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +2.3, 22nd widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026