Japanese company Dymon Co has launched its own spacecraft to the Moon!

According to a report by Kyodo News, the Tokyo-based company's spacecraft, named "Yaoki," was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by billionaire businessman Elon Musk's company, SpaceX.

WILL REACH THE MOON IN MARCH

The 498-gram spacecraft, which is approximately 14 centimeters long and wide and 8 centimeters high, is expected to reach the Moon's south pole in early March.

In this context, Yaoki is expected to photograph the lunar surface and collect data for various research purposes.

It is stated that the spacecraft will remain on standby for approximately 5 days after landing on the Moon to acclimate to the temperature before being deployed.

FIRST LUNAR LANDING SINCE 1972 WITH ODYSSEUS

The spacecraft developed by the US private company Intuitive Machines for a lunar landing as part of its "IM-1" mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on February 15 aboard a SpaceX-manufactured Falcon 9 rocket.

The spacecraft made history on February 23 at 02:23 TSI (Turkey Time) by landing on the Moon, becoming the first private US spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the lunar surface since the "Apollo 17" mission in 1972.

The 4.3-meter-tall, six-legged carbon fiber and titanium lander was also carrying payloads for 6 different experiments that NASA plans to use as part of its Artemis Mission.

NASA paid the company Intuitive Machines 118 million dollars to build and fly Odysseus as part of its efforts to commercialize lunar deliveries within the scope of its plans to send humans to the Moon within a few years.

The "Odysseus" spacecraft, which was sent to space as part of the "IM-1" mission, tipped over on its side after landing on the Moon on February 24.