12/11/2022
The Hakuto-R is scheduled to make a soft landing on the lunar surface only at the end of April as a result of the course taken, which will make use of the gravitational fields of the Earth and the sun so as to conserve fuel. If successful, it would be the first private craft to land on the moon.
But competitors in the United States are currently planning to launch missions to the moon that will take a more direct route and could thus beat the ispace mission to the lunar surface.
The moon lander weighed around 2,200 pounds on launch and measures 7.5 feet in height and 8.5 feet in width once its legs have been folded out. The weight will come down to 750 pounds on landing, as much of it is due to the fuel carried
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