On Tuesday, Tokyo's ispace will make what may be a historic effort to land its spacecraft on the Moon's surface. The lander is equipped with a miniature rover that the United Arab Emirates produced. No other private firm has successfully landed a probe on the surface of the moon, therefore the Japanese corporation is trying a unique feat. The Hakuto spacecraft, which is Japanese for "white rabbit," was launched from Earth in December of last year and landed in lunar orbit a month ago.

All you need to know about Hakuto-R Moon landing mission

A Japanese space startup ispace has launched its own private lander to the Moon aboard a SpaceX rocket. Ispace Inc's HAKUTO-R mission took off without incident from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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All you need to know about Hakuto-R Moon landing mission

Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon lander