SpaceX postpones mission to put Japanese lander on Moon
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SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private and Japanese lander to the Moon.
SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private -- and Japanese -- lander to the Moon. A Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled to blast off at 3:37 am (0837 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX said on Twitter that the delay was to carry out more pre-flight checks. Until now, only the United States, Russia and China have managed to put a robot on the lunar surface. The mission, by Japanese company ispace, is the first of a program called Hakuto-R. The lander would touch down around April 2023 on the visible side of the Moon, in the Atlas crater, according to a company statement. Measuring just over 2 by 2.5 meters, it c...