01 October 2018
ispace partners with SpaceX for 2020 & 2021 Moon missions
..., SpaceX President & COO The decision to bring back the “HAKUTO” name—which means “white rabbit” in Japanese, based on ... months after the closing of Google Lunar XPRIZE. The HAKUTO-R program will act primarily as technology demonstration for ispace....
19 December 2016
JAXA signs an agreement for the development and creation of a lunar mining industry
... is focused on developing miniaturised technology to discover, map, and utilise resources in space. The company is also behind Team Hakuto, a contender in the Google Lunar XPRIZE with aims to send the first privately developed micro-rover to the...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... and multi-body dynamics simulations. The Space Robotics Lab has actively participated in the development of Team Hakuto’s rover. Hakuto is one of the five teams currently taking part in the Google Lunar XPRIZE. Their rover is expected...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... two leading teams were Team Indus, from India, having both a lander and a rover, and Team Hakuto, from Japan, with a rover being carried as a passenger on the Team Indus lander. In October 2017, the Mission...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... lunar surface. Expected to reach the Moon in autumn of next year, the craft, which will be delivered by ispace's HAKUTO-R lander will be the first moon landing for the Arab world and for Japan. Also in late...
14 April 2021
Emirates partners with Japan for its 2022 lunar rover mission
... to the Moon on ispace’s lunar lander during the company’s ‘Mission 1’ in 2022 as part of its commercial programme known as ‘HAKUTO-R’. Under the terms of the agreement, the Japanese lunar exploration company will deliver the Emirates Lunar...
