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National Jan 11, 2018

As deadline looms, Japanese team in lunar probe contest still determined to shoot for the moon

by Shusuke Murai

A Japanese team participating in an international lunar probe competition said Thursday it will not give up its plan to launch a rocket to send its rover to the moon, even as prospects for doing so by the deadline — the end of March ...

National / Science & Health Nov 8, 2017

Japanese team competing in lunar probe contest to delay launch

The Japanese team competing in an international lunar probe contest said Wednesday it will postpone the launch date of its moon rover from Dec. 28 to sometime between January and March next year. The decision by team Hakuto — one of five teams shortlisted in ...