{"id":89576,"date":"2023-04-12T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-is-set-japan-startup-eyes-moon-landing-late-april"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:30:10","slug":"stage-is-set-japan-startup-eyes-moon-landing-late-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-is-set-japan-startup-eyes-moon-landing-late-april","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stage is set\u2019: Japan startup eyes moon landing late April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>A commercial space startup in Japan on Wednesday said its Hakuto-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander is expected to touch surface of the moon late April, making it the first private company in the world to reach the celestial body.<\/p>\n<p>The lander took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in the US aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in December, and is orbiting the moon since March, capturing its images.<\/p>\n<p>If the mission goes as planned, the spacecraft will touch down at around 1.40 a.m. (1640 GMT) on April 26, Japan Standard Time, Ispace said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have accomplished so far is already a great achievement, and we are already applying lessons learned from this flight to our future missions &#8230; The stage is set. 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