TOKYO, Japan– Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission blasted off Thursday as the country's space programme looks to bounce back from a string of recent mishaps.
An H2-A rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. Japan launched on September 7 a rocket carrying what it hopes will be its first successful Moon lander, live footage from the country's space agency showed.
Watched by 35,000 people online, the H-IIA rocket lifted off early Thursday from the southern island of Tanegashima carrying the lander, which is expected to touch down on the lunar surface in early 2024. Globally,"there are no previous instances of pinpoint landing on celestial bodies with significant gravity such as the Moon," JAXA added.
Its success came days after a Russian probe crashed in the same region, and four years after a previous Indian attempt failed at the last moment.
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