A Japanese startup aiming to be the first private company in the world to reach the Moon launched a lunar lander Sunday aboard a rocket from a U.S. space station in Florida.Ispace Inc.'s self-developed lander, part of its Hakuto-R exploration program, is scheduled to touch down on the Moon around late April next year, if all goes smoothly.The first stage of the program, named after the white rabbit that, according to Japanese folklore, lives on the Moon, also aims to bring other payloads to the Earth's only natural satellite. They include a small transformable robot, chiefly developed by th…READ FULL ARTICLE
