The sound of nine Merlin engines permeated the Space Coast as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched late in the night, sending ispace’s Hakuto-R series 1 lander into a lunar transfer orbit. Along with the exciting lunar lander from the private Japanese company, NASA and JPL collaborated on a CubeSat, which will scan the moon’s craters with a laser in search of water ice. This … [Read more...]