HAKUTO-R, two lunar exploration missions, ispace, inc., Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Hakuto on Wikipedia

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HAKUTO-R: the world's first commercial Lunar exploration program

Dec 17, 2019

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Article "Japanese lunar start-up ispace reveals larger lander for missions starting in 2024"

by Michael Sheetz
August 24, 2021

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Falcon 9 launches HAKUTO-R M1 and Lunar Flashlight

Dec 11, 2022

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched HAKUTO-R M1 and Lunar Flashlight from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 11 December 2022, at 07:38 UTC (02:38 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1073) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, having previously supported four missions: SES-22 and three Starlink missions. ispace’s Hakuto-R M1 is the first privately-led Japanese mission to land on the lunar surface. NASA’s Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon’s south pole.

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HAKUTO-R M1 Moon landing

Apr 25, 2023

ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1 (M1) Lunar Lander has attempted to land on the Moon, in the Atlas Crater, on 25 April 2023, at 16:40 (UTC). HAKUTO-R M1 is the first privately-led Japanese mission designed to land on the lunar surface.
Credit: ispace
ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1
HAKUTO-R M1 landing on the Moon
25 April 2023

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Article "Japan's ispace confirms that Hakuto-R failed its lunar landing"
The spacecraft likely 'made a hard landing on the moon's surface.'

by Mariella Moon
April 26, 2023