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Japanese Startup Launches Lunar Lander in 2nd Attempt

Japanese Startup Launches Lunar Lander in 2nd Attempt

People watch a live broadcast of the launch of an ispace lunar lander in Tokyo on Wednesday.
People watch a live broadcast of the launch of an ispace lunar lander in Tokyo on Wednesday.

   Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--A lunar lander developed by Japanese space exploration startup ispace Inc. was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday in its second attempt to send a spacecraft to the moon.
   The lunar lander is scheduled to arrive at the moon in late May or early June. If successful, ispace could become the first company in Asia to put a spacecraft on the moon.

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