<html-blob>Japan’s ispace is a private company that wants to build commercial moon landers. Its first robotic moon lander, Hakuto-R, is to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center. It will carry a variety of cargo, including Rashid, a rover from the United Arab Emirates’ space program, to the moon’s surface. ispace announced on July 20 that its launch window starts in November; we will provide a precise launch date when one becomes available. Read more about ispace and Hakuto-R here: https://nyti.ms/3RMXTic</html-blob>