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Hakuto-R Mission 2

Hakuto-R Mission 2 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hakuto-R Mission 2 rather than just read about it. In short: Hakuto-R Mission 2, also called Resilience, was a robotic lunar landing mission launched on 15 January 2025. Developed by the Japanese company ispace, the lander was intended to deliver a small rover manufactured by the company's European subsidiary, as well as other payloads.

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Reference excerpt

Hakuto-R Mission 2, also called Resilience, was a robotic lunar landing mission launched on 15 January 2025. Developed by the Japanese company ispace, the lander was intended to deliver a small rover manufactured by the company's European subsidiary, as well as other payloads. Like Hakuto-R Mission 1, this mission served as a technology demonstration, with the final goal of providing reliable transportation and data services on the Moon. The lander was named RESILIENCE. Communications were lost approximately 90 seconds before the projected landing and the lander crashed on the Moon.

Background The project began development after Hakuto-R Mission 1 in 2023. The mission used the same overall design with upgrades from flight data collected in mission 1.

Lander specifications The RESILIENCE lander stood 2.3 metres (7 ft 7 in) high, 2.3 metres (7 ft 7 in) wide and had a weight of 340 kilograms (750 lb). The lander included a micro rover planned to perform an in situ resource utilization demonstration.

Mission timeline

The lander completed successful vacuum testing in June 2024. The rover, later to be integrated with the lander, was completed in August 2024. In November 2024, the lander had arrived at the launch site in Florida. The mission was launched on 15 January 2025 at 06:11:39 UTC (1:11:39 am EST, local time at the launch site) on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle. The lander successfully carried out a flyby of the Moon by 15 February, and was expected to land no earlier than 6 June. The significant difference in landing dates between it and Blue Ghost, launched at the same time, is due to choice of a longer trajectory in order to save energy. The space probe successfully reached lunar orbit on 6 May. On 28 May, the spacecraft performed an orbital control maneuver that brought it into a circular lunar orbit about 100 km above the surface. The mission was scheduled to land on Thursday, 5 June, at 19:17 UTC, assuming the primary landing spot in the middle of Mare Frigoris was chosen. If ispace decided to use one of the three backup landing sites, those attempts would occur on different times. On 5 June 2025, the lander failed to complete its landing, impacting the lunar surface. On 24 June 2025, the company released a technical analysis identifying an anomaly in the Laser Range Finder (LRF) as the cause of the hard landing.

Landing site

The intended landing site for the mission was in the far northern Mare Frigoris (60.5 degrees north latitude and 4.6 degrees west longitude), a northern location still allowing continuous line-of-sight radio communication from Earth. The three backup landing sites are also located in Mare Frigoris. This is the same general area of the Moon targeted by Hakuto-R Mission 1 in 2023. However, ispace did not attempt to land Hakuto-R 2 in Atlas Crater.

Payloads

Rover

The mission included a 5 kg (11 lb) rover called TENACIOUS, designed and manufactured in Luxembourg, which was planned to explore the area around the landing site after being lowered to the lunar surface from the lander. TENACIOUS is the first European-built lunar rover. It was developed with co-funding from the Luxembourg National Space Programme (managed by LSA, implemented by ESA). The rover was carrying Moonhouse, a Falu red miniature cottage artwork designed by Mikael Genberg. The Moonhouse homepage doesn't afterwords directly mention the crash, but concludes "It was never about going there. It was about being here", presenting the impact coordinates and concept images as evident success.

Lander payloads In addition to the rover, the RESILIENCE lander carried payloads from Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Euglena Co., National Central University, and Bandai Namco Research Institute, Inc. The lander also carried a memory disk co-developed by UNESCO and Barrelhand, which contained UNESCO Constitution's Preamble in 275 languages and other cultural artifacts.

Communication The European Space Agency (ESA) supported the mission's operations by providing communication services using its ESTRACK network of antennas. The rover TENACIOUS was to be controlled from ispace Europe SA's control centre in Luxembourg. The commands were to be first sent to ESA's ESOC in Germany and then relayed through the ESTRACK antennas to the Moon. Communications were lost just before the projected landing, due to the lander crashing on the Moon.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hakuto-R Mission 2

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hakuto-R Mission 2 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hakuto-R Mission 2 before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hakuto-R Mission 2 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hakuto-R Mission 2

In research: Hakuto-R Mission 2 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hakuto-R Mission 2 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hakuto-R Mission 2 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2025 in Florida, 2025 in Japan, 2025 on the Moon, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hakuto-R Mission 2 outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hakuto-R Mission 2 in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hakuto-R Mission 2 means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Hakuto-R Mission 2 matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hakuto-R Mission 2?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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