Japan Probes the Moon
Today Japan became the first nation to send out a full-scale lunar mission since America’s Apollo program ended in the 1970′s:
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully launched the H2A rocket carrying the lunar orbit explorer Kaguya on Friday morning.
The liftoff occurred at Tanegashima Space Center at 10:31 a.m. on Friday. Forty-five minutes after liftoff, at an altitude of about 390 kilometers, the satellite separated from the rocket, successfully concluding the launch.
Video of the launch:
