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If all goes according to plan, Resilience will touch down on June 5 within Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold"), a basaltic plain in ...

A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown.

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Commercial company ispace announced its lunar lander had entered orbit around the moon ahead of a June landing attempt.

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The moon is getting a new visitor, as the Japanese company ispace has entered lunar orbit with its Resilience lander.

File - This photo provided by ispace in January 2025 shows the Resilience lunar lander. (ispace via AP, File) 34,242 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?