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Category

Space Robotics

6 companies tracked, 4 with documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks category median where nonzero.

Analyst brief

Space robotics shows the most uniform record in the dataset: 6 incidents across 4 of 6 tracked companies, with every single entry classified as mission-loss at severity 4. The category has no variation in type or severity mix, reflecting the binary nature of space-mission outcomes as recorded rather than a graduated failure spectrum. ispace, Intuitive Machines, Maxar Space, and Astrobotic account for the named entities, a set consistent with the small, mission-concentrated population of active lunar and deep-space robotics operators.

Entries by year and severity

232023 S4: 11232024 S4: 33242025 S4: 2225
S1S2S3S4S5

By incident type

By severity

Highest-index companies

Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Category percentileBandIncidents
Intuitive Machines
30.7
100% Elevated 2
ispace
29.6
80% Elevated 2
Astrobotic
21.8
40% Elevated 1
Maxar Space
21.8
40% Elevated 1
GITAI
0.0
0% None documented 0
MDA Space
0.0
0% None documented 0

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S406/05
2025 · ~19:17 UTC
ispace mission-loss Mare Frigoris, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 2 (Resilience) lander crashes on second lunar landing attempt · 1 lander, total loss NASA
S403/06
2025 · 12:31 ET
Intuitive Machines mission-loss Mons Mouton, MoonIM-2 Athena lander topples over in shadowed crater, mission ends early · 1 lander, total mission loss SpaceNews
S403/01
2024
Maxar Space mission-loss NASA cancels $2B OSAM-1 robotic satellite-servicing mission over Maxar performance · 1 program, ~$2B mission cancelled CNBC
S402/22
2024 · 18:23 ET
Intuitive Machines mission-loss lunar south pole, MoonIM-1 Odysseus lander tips over on lunar touchdown · 1 lander Space.com
S401/09
2024
Astrobotic mission-loss Peregrine lunar lander propellant leak forces abandonment of Moon landing · 1 lander, total mission loss Spaceflight Now
S404/25
2023 · 16:40 UTC
ispace mission-loss Atlas crater, MoonHAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashes into Moon · 1 lander, total loss ispace
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