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A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the UAE' first lunar rover
The company ispace designed its craft to use minimal fuel to save money and leave more room for cargo
Only Russia, the US and China have achieved so-called "soft landings" on the moon, beginning with the ex-Soviet Union's Luna 9 in 1966
The failure came in the midst of a dayslong static fire test campaign in Boca Chica, Texas, of the booster, equipped with an array of 33 Raptor engines for use in an upcoming uncrewed orbital test flight SpaceX hoped to launch later this year.
The biggest difference between Inspiration4 and the flights performed earlier this year is the destination.
Organised and funded by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the Inspiration4 mission touts itself as “the first all-civilian mission to orbit” and represents a new type of space tourism.
The four crew members will not be the first space tourists this year.
The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight.
The rocket was originally supposed to take flight back in 2013 or 2014, but its maiden flight is now pegged for January 2018.
Probably that is the reason Musk, on Thursday, released a blooper reel of his company's failed attempts at rocket landing.
The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule soared into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Shortly after the main section of SpaceX’s first recycled Falcon 9 booster landed itself on a platform in the ocean, half of the rocket’s nosecone, which protected a communications satellite during launch, splashed down via parachute nearby.
The mysterious explosion of a SpaceX rocket last month took an odd turn with a "cordial" encounter between staff of Elon Musk`s firm and fierce rival United Launch Alliance, The Washington Post reported.
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