On January 20, Hakuto-R got as far as 855,000 miles (1.38 million kilometers) away from Earth, making it the “farthest privately funded, commercially operating spacecraft to travel into space,” the company said in its statement. The M1 lander will also serve as a stationary probe for exploring the surface of the Moon. The first mission will attempt to deliver its own payload to the Moon, including the 22-pound (10-kilogram) Rashid rover built by the United Arab Emirates and a transformable ball-like robot, named SORA-Q, developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the TOMY toy company. The live feed is scheduled to begin at around 11:00 a.m. The celestial landing will be aired live through ispace’s YouTube channel, and you can also tune in to the nail-biting action through the feed below.
The Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander will attempt to land on the Moon on April 25 at 12:40 p.m. We are waiting to find out the status of the spacecraft. ET: The Hakuto-R M1 lander touched down on the lunar surface at 12:40, although it is not yet confirmed whether it was a soft or hard landing. Remembering Enterprise: The Test Shuttle That Never Flew to Space These Winning Close-Up Photos Show Life That's Often Overlooked More details about this unfortunate outcome here. ET: It appears that Hakuto-R M1 has crashed on the Moon. Tokyo-based company ispace is hoping to make history on Tuesday by landing the first private mission to the Moon’s surface and deliver its many payloads.
The Hakuto-R spacecraft recently captured this image of Earth from the Moon’s orbit.
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