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ispace HAKUTA-R Launch<\/h2>\n

On December 11th, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching out of SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station took flight, carrying ispace\u2019s HAKUTA-R towards the Moon. It was set to be the first commercial Lunar lander as the company prepped for landing today, over four months later.<\/p>\n

The launch of the Lunar lander featured a boost backburn and RTLS, where the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage reignites its engines to return to the launch site, and then propulsively lands not far from where it took off, unlike most missions that feature landings out on drone ships in the Ocean. These RTLS landings require more fuel to execute, but in missions with lower mass payloads eliminate the cost of marine-based operations.<\/p>\n

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ispace Lunar landing<\/h2>\n

Only three countries have successfully landed spacecraft softly on the Moon\u2019s surface, the US, China, and the former Soviet Union; while attempts by India and Israel ended in failure.<\/p>\n