If the mission is successful, it will be the first time Japan and the United Arab Emirates have sent equipment to the Moon.
THE SpaceX was scheduled to make the launch responsible for the first Japanese landing on moon🇧🇷 Part of the Japanese company’s Hakuto-R mission ispacethe rocket Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch at 5:39 this Thursday (1), Brasilia time, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
So far, only the United States🇧🇷 Russia And China managed to put structures on the moon. If the Japan manages to land the mission, which is expected to take place in April 2023, the country will be fourth on the list.
According to a statement from ispace, the equipment is expected to travel for about four months and land on the far side of the moon, in the Atlas crater. The probe carried by the rocket carries a rover, a UAE-built vehicle capable of moving in different spaces.
Called Rashid, the rover weighs ten kilograms and measures half a meter long. The equipment is part of the country’s plan to assert itself in the space race. If the landing is successful, Hakuto-R will be the first lunar mission with the participation of the UAE.
“We’ve accomplished a lot in the six years since we started conceptualizing this project,” said ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada.
The company, which has just 200 employees, says it “aims to extend the sphere of human life into space and create a sustainable world by providing low-cost, high-frequency transportation services to the Moon.”
NASA will hitchhike
THE NASA he is also taking advantage of the Falcon 9 to participate in the launch as a secondary passenger. With Hakuto-R, the US space agency is sending a small lunar mission intended to search Ice on the natural satellite.
From orbit of the Moon, NASA will shine beams of infrared light on craters in the area and observe the different levels of absorption of this light. Ice usually absorbs easily, which could be indicative of the presence of the substance on the surface.
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