A Japanese spacecraft has probably crashed on the Moon, the second failed landing attempt for Tokyo-based private firm ispace. The HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (M2) lander — also called Resilience — began its landing sequence from a 100-kilometre-altitude orbit at 3.13am local time on 5 June. The craft was due to land near the centre of Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) at 4.17am. He speculates that the failure was probably caused by a systems issue that wasn’t identified and addressed during the M1 landing attempt. ispace's Mission 1 (M1) probably crashed during a landing attempt in April 2023.