The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. She sent an ispace landing platform to the moon with scientific equipment, including a rover from the UAE.
As a passing load, the NASA Lunar Flashlight cubesat was sent, which will search for water ice near the South Pole from the orbit of the Moon. Both vehicles are launched in a low-energy orbit. Hakuto-R will arrive to the moon in four months, and Lunar Flashlight in three.
After the launch, the first stage of the Falcon 9 landed safely on the landing pad.