The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced postponing the Japanese rocket (H-IIA) launching mission, which carries the spacecraft to land on the moon, due to poor weather conditions.
The H-IIA rocket launch was expected to take place on Monday morning, as it carries with it Japan's first spacecraft to land on the moon, as the rocket was to be launched from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan.
JAXA developed the lunar probe known as Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), tasked with demonstrating precise landing techniques, examining moon rocks and, if successful, Japan will become the fifth in the world to place a probe on the Moon.
The lunar probe will input the collected data into the 'Artemis' program, which is led by the US and aims to send astronauts to the Moon. The H-IIA rocket will carry out the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), developed jointly by JAXA, NASA, and other agencies.
Source: Qatar News Agency
