Japan's ispace launch of first commercial moon lander

STORY: Japan’s ispace will transport a United Arab Emirates rover to the moon and also onboard this mission is NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Lunar Flashlight.

ispace Inc's HAKUTO-R mission took off without incident from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after two postponements caused by inspections of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The SpaceX rocket will deliver an ispace lander to the moon's orbit.