SpaceX postpones mission to put Japanese lander on Moon

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SpaceX said on Twitter that the delay was to carry out more pre-flight checks. theSun theSundaily SpaceX Japanese moon delay

Axiom’s four-man team lifts off, riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 8, 2022. REUTERSPIX: SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private -- and Japanese -- lander to the Moon.

Measuring just over 2 by 2.5 meters, it carries on board a 10-kilogram rover named Rashid, built by the United Arab Emirates. The oil-rich country is a newcomer to the space race but counts recent successes including a Mars probe in 2020. If it succeeds, Rashid will be the Arab world's first Moon mission.

Another finalist, from the Israeli organization SpaceIL, failed in April 2019 to become the first privately-funded mission to achieve the feat, after crashing into the surface while attempting to land.

 

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