The ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander is slated to land no earlier than June 5, 2025 UTC.
The landing area is in Mare Frigoris (60.5°N 355.4°E), a volcanic region interspersed with large-scale faults known as wrinkle ridges. Mare Frigoris formed over 3.5 billion years ago as massive basalt eruptions flooded low-lying terrain. Later, the wrinkle ridges formed as the crust buckled under the weight of the heavy basalt deposits.
LROC NAC oblique view of the Mare Frigoris basaltic plains cut by large wrinkle ridges. The general area of the Hakuto 2 landing area is highlighted with the white box. The image is 70 kilometers wide, left-to-right across the bottom, and the view is from northwest to southeast, NAC M149972490LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Download a Wide Angle Camera map sheet highlighting this fascinating area.
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Published by Mark Robinson on 16 May 2025