
On Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida carrying two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates.
iSpace, a corporation based in Japan, is preparing to land its M1 lander on the moon’s surface carrying Rashid. This new rover was developed in the United Arab Emirates.
iSpace Prepares To Land On Moon’s Surface
iSpace, a private Japanese corporation, is in charge of the Hakuto-R mission, which was launched from Florida early on Sunday morning aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver its M1 lander to the surface of the moon. When it is completely extended, the lander’s size is 8.5 feet by 7.5 feet (2.6 meters by 2.3 meters).
The launch occurred at 12:38 hours Eastern Time (ET) (11:38 p.m. Saturday PT). A little under an hour after launch, SpaceX announced that the Hakuto R M1 spacecraft had been successfully launched and was now on its route to the moon. The first stage booster from the Falcon 9 returned for a landing at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about 9 minutes later.
Also, Rashid will investigate the dust found on the moon, and he will transmit photographs and data back to Earth.
If everything goes according to plan, the United Arab Emirates and Japan will become the only countries in the world to have successfully landed a robot on the moon’s surface, joining the United States, Russia, and China. Israel’s SpaceIL, also competing for the Lunar X Prize, attempted its own lunar landing in 2019. Still, the mission was unsuccessful because the spacecraft was destroyed in a collision with the moon.
Meanwhile, the lander will have a long trip between its launch and its eventual touchdown on the moon, during which it will conduct a series of tests in space spanning several months before it arrives at the Atlas crater on the near side of the moon in April.
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Space X Falcon 9 Rocket

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is the vehicle that is used to deliver satellites, the Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the Crew Dragon spacecraft into orbit.
Falcon 9 is a rocket that travels in two stages. According to SpaceX, the first stage is equipped with nine Merlin engines as well as tanks made of an aluminum-lithium alloy that stores liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant.
In order to fulfill Elon Musk, creator of SpaceX, the goal of reducing the expense of space travel, Falcon 9 was designed as a reusable launch vehicle. The rocket’s first stage will either land on the ground or on a drone ship located in the area of the launch pad.
Moreover, it is the preferred mode of transportation for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite system, which provides internet connectivity, and the National Reconnaissance Office has delegated it to carry out security-related missions.
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