HAKUTO-R Mission

Recently, Japanese space startup i-space Inc launched its own private lander M1 to the Moon under its HAKUTO-R mission. The launch was carried out by SpaceX in Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida.

Key Points

  • HAKUTO-R is Japan’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company. HAKUTO-R means ‘white rabbit’ in Japanese.
  • The M1 lander will deploy two robotic rovers i.e., a two-wheeled, baseball-sized device from Japan’s space agency (JAXA); and the four-wheeled Rashid explorer built by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
  • Rashid is UAE’s first Moon rover and the Arab world’s first lunar ....
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