Spending months in transit does cause certain issues, adds CNN. The longer travel time can lead to more wear and tear to the lander and its instruments. Ispace's clients—research groups, companies and governments—would rather see landers make faster journeys.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese company ispace said it has not been able to establish communication with its uncrewed moon lander Resilience after its lunar touchdown attempt on Friday. Two years after its failed inaugural mission,