The mission

RESILIENCE is the spacecraft element of ispace Mission 2 "SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon", the latest step in the company’s lunar exploration programme. It launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base on 15 January 2025 and will attempt to land on the Moon’s Mare Frigoris in a few days’ time.

ispace operates RESILIENCE from its Mission Control Center in Tokyo. From there, a team monitors the spacecraft’s health, position, velocity and temperature, and sends commands to its onboard systems.