Japanese commercial moon lander, UAE rover ready for launch on SpaceX rocket
Published by Spaceflight Now on 11/29/2022
A commercial moon craft developed by the Japanese company ispace is awaiting launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn Wednesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will send it on a five-month trajectory culminating in a lunar landing attempt next year, an achievement that could make ispace the first private company to accomplish the feat.