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Team Hakuto

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Team Hakuto had planned to fly Sorato on landers developed by Astrobotic and TeamIndus, but neither company launched before the Google Lunar X Prize competition ended in early 2018.

Mentioned as: Team HakutoNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2019Japanese lunar lander company ispace on schedule for 2021 first mission

The National Air and Space Museum received SORATO, a lunar rover built by ispace’s Team HAKUTO, on 2019-10-23.

Mentioned as: Team HakutoNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Receives SORATO Lunar Rover for Future Museum Exhibition

Team HAKUTO spent the better part of a decade building SORATO, with most work carried out by a small volunteer team.

Mentioned as: Team HakutoNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Receives SORATO Lunar Rover for Future Museum Exhibition