ispace HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander & Rover Mission | SpaceX

ispace HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander & Rover Mission | SpaceX

ispace Inc.'s HAKUTO-R mission 1 successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The M1 lander will deploy two robotic rovers, a two-wheeled, baseball-sized device from Japan's JAXA space agency and the four-wheeled Rashid explorer made by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The M1 lunar lander, made by Japanese company ispace, may become the first commercial lander to reach the moon. In Japanese folklore, the name HAKUTO refers to "the white rabbit that lives on the moon." 

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Image Capture Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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