{"id":525058,"date":"2022-12-11T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/japans-ispace-launches-worlds-first-commercial-moon-lander\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:12:33","slug":"japans-ispace-launches-worlds-first-commercial-moon-lander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/japans-ispace-launches-worlds-first-commercial-moon-lander\/","title":{"rendered":"#Japan&#8217;s ispace launches world&#8217;s first commercial moon lander"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24965a72f41\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24965a72f41\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/japans-ispace-launches-worlds-first-commercial-moon-lander\/#%E2%80%9CJapans_ispace_launches_worlds_first_commercial_moon_lander%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Japan&#8217;s ispace launches world&#8217;s first commercial moon lander&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJapans_ispace_launches_worlds_first_commercial_moon_lander%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Japan&#8217;s ispace launches world&#8217;s first commercial moon lander&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>\u00a0A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon on Sunday after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company.<\/p>\n<p>ispace Inc\u2019s HAKUTO-R mission took off without incident from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after two postponements caused by inspections of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p>More than a hundred people at a viewing party in Tokyo roared in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lause when the rocket fired and lifted into the dark skies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy. After repeated delays, it\u2019s good that we had a proper launch today,\u201d said Yuriko Takeda, a 28-year old worker at an electronics company who joined the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have this image of the American flag from the Apollo landing, so while this is just the launch, the fact that it\u2019s a private company going there with a rover is a really meaningful step.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SpaceX-Falcon.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Officials view ispace Inc's launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.\" class=\"wp-image-24973728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SpaceX-Falcon.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SpaceX-Falcon.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SpaceX-Falcon.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Officials view ispace Inc\u2019s launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kyodo via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The national space agencies of the United States, Russia, and China have achieved soft landings on Earth\u2019s nearest neighbor in the past half century but no companies have.<\/p>\n<p>Mission success would also be a milestone in space cooperation between Japan and the United States at a time when China is becoming increasingly competitive and rides on Russian rockets are no longer available in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>It would also cap a space-filled few days for Japan, after billionaire Yusaku Maezawa\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/japanese-billionaire-maezawa-picks-k-pop-star-top-dj-steve-aoki-join-spacex-moon-2022-12-08\/\">revealed<\/a>\u00a0on Friday the eight crew members he hopes to take on a SpaceX flyby of the moon as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p>The name HAKUTO refers to the white rabbit that lives on the moon in Japanese folklore, in contrast to the Western idea of a man in the moon. The project was a finalist in the Google Lunar XPRIZE before being revived as a commercial venture.<\/p>\n<p>Next year is the Year of the Rabbit in the Asian calendar. The craft, assembled in Germany, is expected to land on the moon in late April.<\/p>\n<p>The company hopes this will be the first of many deliveries of government and commercial payloads. The ispace craft aims to put a small NASA satellite into lunar orbit to search for water deposits before touching down in the Atlas Crater.<\/p>\n<p>The M1 lander will deploy two robotic rovers, a two-wheeled, baseball-sized device from Japan\u2019s JAXA space agency and the four-wheeled Rashid explorer made by the United Arab Emirates. It will also be carrying an experimental solid-state battery made by NGK Spark Plug Co.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rashid rover is part of the United Arab Emirates ambitious space programme,\u201d said Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and who watched the launch at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/AP22345307709772.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A time exposure of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch.\" class=\"wp-image-24973740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/AP22345307709772.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/AP22345307709772.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/AP22345307709772.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/AP22345307709772.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A time exposure of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is knowledge transfer and developing our capabilities and to add a scientific imprint in the history of humanity,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Privately funded ispace has a contract with NASA to ferry payloads to the moon from 2025 and is aiming to build a permanently staffed lunar colony by 2040.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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