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An attempt at the first privately funded lunar landing is about to take place, and you can watch a live stream of the effort in 2 hours.

The privately built Hakuto-R Series 1 lander is carrying two small moon rovers: the Sora-Q and the Rashid, built by the United Arab Emirates space agency.

The mission is primarily a test event aimed at proving iSpace’s ability to successfully land a payload on the lunar surface.

youtu.be/CpR1UUnix3g

First ever commercial landing on the moon! Let's go Japan!

Wish more people understood what wonderful success has ALREADY achieved. This is truly an exciting time .... I really am on the edge of my seat to see manage this landing ❤️

Well said so well said ... no challenge without risk and DREAMERS ... ❤️

I love all the diversity of the team ... so many countries and genders involved at so many levels. 👍🏾

I love all of the CLEAR information and education being provided about everything has done, is doing, and will do in the future.

@thewebrecluse THANK YOU for this alert. This is a BIG event in history.

@codeWhisperer Its HUGE even if they don't manage the landing it's an amazing collaboration by several countries, businesses, and teams. No privately funded companies have managed this yet ... so I'm really looking forward to Japan accomplishing this. ❤️

@b4cks4w @codeWhisperer Still in occultation ... will be reestablishing communication when it reaches the other side of the moon shortly.

@thewebrecluse

As I write this we're about 15 minutes from touchdown

Thanks for putting this out there, Elaine. It's amazing.

@b4cks4w @codeWhisperer

@FernLovebond @b4cks4w @codeWhisperer Glad to have been able to share this historic moment with everyone ❤️

@thewebrecluse @b4cks4w @codeWhisperer

Tension continues. The videos make a nice change from the intermittent pleas for another moment, but the music is a little tense, too.

Hope they get the connection soon, tho: this is kind of great to see the next step.

@codeWhisperer @thewebrecluse @b4cks4w

Yeah, it's a little disappointing, and something might change (didn't we have a lander that didn't connect for a good while & then suddenly one day just started working again?), but overall it's still super great we've gone at it again.

@FernLovebond @codeWhisperer @b4cks4w Getting as far as they have its a MAJOR accomplishment. It is still historical and still shows how much further they have come than any other company in the private space sector. It's possible they will establish communications ... we'll just have to see. But it's astounding what they have done. I have little faith in everyone else managing this ... but I have much faith in continuing to do epic work and continuing with their next missions.

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@thewebrecluse

Comparing this with the SpaceX rocket.

THIS is the way space exploration needs to be done. A broad international coalition, focused on the science, taking achievable steps.

Not focused on one ego.

@tyghebright Afuckingmen to this TRUTH. It takes a team, it takes collaboration ... this is why SpaceX continues to fail miserably.

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