Japanese space startup Ispace launched its second lunar lander, Resilience, early Wednesday in Florida, marking a critical step in the company¡¯s quest to achieve a successful moon landing.
The lander, part of Ispace¡¯s Hakuto-R program, lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just after 1:11 a.m. from NASA¡¯s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Resilience is expected to land on the moon between late May and early June as part of NASA¡¯s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, through which the agency delivers scientific experiments and technology to the lunar surface.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.