
Tokyo company aims to be 1st business to put lander on moon
https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-spacecraft-japan-uae-555ec67e1150f8008b65243e3a6179d2
A Japanese company is about to attempt what no other private business has done: land on the moon.
Tokyo’s ispace company put its own spacecraft into orbit around the moon a month ago. On Tuesday, flight controllers will direct the craft, named Hakuto, Japanese for white rabbit, to descend from 60 miles (100 kilometers) high and land.