Tag: moon race

TOKYO: Hot on the heels of Chandrayaan-3's historic lunar landing, Japan's space programme is hoping to rebound from a string of setbacks with this weekend's launch of its own mission: "Moon Sniper". Set to blast off Sunday, the rocket will carry a lander expected to reach the Moon's surface in four to six months as well as an x-ray imaging satellite designed to investigate the evolution of the universe. Japan's space programme is one of the world's largest, but its first attempt to put a lander on the...