SPACEX OFFERS PRIVATE JAPANESE HKUTO-R MOONLANDER
SPACEX OFFERS PRIVATE JAPANESE HKUTO-R MOONLANDER SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched ispace's small Hakuto R M1 lunar lander towards the Moon after a delay of nearly two weeks. Liftoff occurred at 2:38 AM EST (7:38 UTC), Dec. 11, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. According to SpaceX's Twitter account, the launch was delayed in late November to allow for additional preflight checks. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the 750-pound (340 kilogram) lander into space. It did so in just 47 minutes and 53 minutes respectively. Both were placed in a ballistic lunar transfer…