Promise Ledger
Lunar lander company (HAKUTO-R). These are the dated public commitments by ispace and its people that we could source to a primary, with what happened.
3 entries: 2 missed; 1 revised.
Plain counts, not a grade or a ranking. A short record is not a complete one. Checked against sources on Sep 26, 2026; scoring rules on the methodology page.
This first release is a selection, and a short record is not a complete record. Each programme milestone enters the ledger at its earliest dated public commitment we can find in a primary source, for governments and companies alike. Later dated commitments for the same milestone are shown on that one entry as a revision chain, oldest first, rather than as separate entries.
Missed · worded as a target
Landing · ispace
“the earliest scheduled landing date for the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander is set for Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 16:40 (UTC).”
Said . Source: ispace: ispace Announces Earliest Scheduled Lunar Landing Date for HAKUTO-R Mission 1 (Apr 12, 2023, paragraph 1)
Context: The release lists alternative landing dates of April 26, May 1 and May 3, 2023; the deadline uses the last of these.
Outcome: The landing sequence ran on 2023-04-25 UTC (April 26 JST). ispace reported that the lander estimated its altitude as zero while about 5 km above the surface, descended until its fuel ran out, and "is believed to have free-fallen to the Moon's surface"; it attributed the altitude error to its software.
Outcome source: ispace: ispace Announces Results of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Landing (May 26, 2023)
Checked against the source on Sep 26, 2026. Report a correction or send a response to this entry
Revised · worded as a target
Launch · ispace
“At this time, there are no changes to the launch schedule for Mission 2 (scheduled for 2024) and Mission 3 (scheduled for 2025).”
Said . Source: ispace: ispace Announces Results of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Landing (May 26, 2023, final paragraph)
Later dated commitments for the same milestone
The counts use the original commitment. The latest date in the chain stands as: met.
Outcome: Mission 2 (RESILIENCE lander) launched on a Falcon 9 on 2025-01-15. (, on or before the latest deadline)
Outcome source: ispace: ispace Completes Success 2 of Mission 2 Milestones (Jan 15, 2025)
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Missed · worded as a target
Landing · ispace
“a landing date and time for the SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander has been set for 4:24 a.m. (JST) on Friday, June 6, 2025.”
Said . Source: ispace: ispace Announces Mission 2 Landing Date Set for June 6, 2025 (JST) (Mar 4, 2025, paragraph 1)
Context: Announced by founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada at a press conference; the release says the landing window is open from June 6 through June 8, 2025.
Outcome: The landing attempt on 2025-06-06 JST ended in a hard landing; ispace attributed it to an anomaly in the laser range finder hardware.
Outcome source: ispace: ispace Releases Technical Cause Analysis for HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (Jun 24, 2025)
Checked against the source on Sep 26, 2026. Report a correction or send a response to this entry
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