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HAKUTO-R Mission

2022 DEC 13

Preliminary   > Science and Technology   >   Space technology   >   Space organisations & missions

Why in news?

  • The Japanese space startup Ispace Inc has launched its own private lander M1 to the Moon under its HAKUTO-R mission from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

About HAKUTO-R Mission:

  • HAKUTO-R is Japan’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company.
  • The M1 lander will deploy two robotic rovers:
    • A two-wheeled, baseball-sized device from Japan’s JAXA space agency
    • The four-wheeled Rashid explorer made by the United Arab Emirates.
  • The M1 lander is expected to soft land at Atlas Crater which is located on the south-eastern edge of the moon’s Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”).

About ‘Rashid’ rover:

  • Rashid is UAE’s first moon rover and the Arab world’s first lunar mission.
  • It will be landed on the moon through the HAKUTO-R mission.
  • The rover will study the properties of the lunar soil, the petrography and geology of the Moon, dust movement, surface plasma conditions, and the Moon’s photoelectron sheath.

Add ons:

  • It would mark the first all-private Moon landing with everything from launch to the landing conducted with privately built vehicles.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Which of the following statements are correct regarding ‘HAKUTO-R Mission’, recently seen in news?

1.It is a lunar exploration mission launched by China

2.It is first all-private Moon landing with everything from launch to the landing conducted with privately built vehicles

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

                         B

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