SpaceX postpones mission to put Japanese lander on Moon

Washington (AFP) Nov 30, 2022

SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private - and Japanese - lander to the Moon. A Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled to blast off at 3:37 am (0837 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX said on Twitter that the delay was to carry out more pre-flight checks. Until now, only the United States, Russia and China have managed to put a robot on t