[1][3] It was launched on 11 December 2022 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket,[4] and the rover attempted to land in Atlas crater.
The rover was built in MBRSC in Dubai by Emiratis, making it the first Arab country to send a mission to the Moon.
[12] As the United Arab Emirates did not plan to build its own lander, it contracted with the Japanese company ispace for a lunar landing.
The Emirates Lunar Mission was the first Moon trip for Hakuto-R, which ispace was developing for more than a decade.
The company, which was established in 2010, managed Team Hakuto, one of the five finalists in the Google Lunar X Prize.