An extended publicity picture exhibits the trail of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket because it launched the ispace mission on Dec. 11, 2022, with the rocket booster’s return and touchdown seen as properly.
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Japanese lunar exploration firm ispace started its long-anticipated first mission on Sunday, with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the enterprise’s lunar lander from Florida.
“This is the very, very beginning of a new era,” ispace founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada informed CNBC.
The Tokyo-based firm’s Mission 1 is…