On top of a SpaceX rocket, a spacecraft created by a Japanese firm was launched on Sunday.
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The launch took place at Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida,
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and the craft carried a number of components from the UAE, Canada, and NASA.
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In April 2023, the space company's Hakuto-R mission, which stands for "white rabbit" in Japanese, is planned to touch down on the moon.
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It is a first for Japanese space exploration and the first time a commercial firm will send a mission to the moon.
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One of the top five contenders in Google's Lunar XPRIZE challenge to place a man on the moon by 2018, the company's lunar landing mission never took off.
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As a low-energy alternative, the space-designed craft will travel farther to the moon than other missions.
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A test mission by NASA last month made it to the moon in just five days.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was responsible for Sunday's 2:38 a.m. (0738 GMT) launch.
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