<ul><li>Japanese firm ispace experienced its second lunar landing failure during the Hakuto-R Mission 2, named Resilience, due to a sensor malfunction.</li><li>Launched from Kennedy Space Center, the lander failed to touch down near the Moon's Mare Frigoris following issues with the laser rangefinder during descent.</li><li>ispace's founder, Takeshi Hakamada, expressed the company's priority to analyze telemetry data to identify the cause of the failure and restore trust.</li><li>The mission carried commercial payloads, a rover named Tenacious, and an artwork to be placed on the Moon in a symbolic location, but the failure raises concerns about future lunar landings by ispace.</li></ul>

Japan’s ispace suffers second lunar landing failure

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