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Taiwan Launches Historic Lunar Probe Amid Space Race

1/17/2025

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Taiwan has made a historic leap into space exploration with the launch of its first lunar probe, the Deep Space Radiation Probe (DSRP). Riding aboard the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lunar lander, developed by Japanese startup ispace, the probe took off from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. In just four months, it will touch down on the Moon, tasked with measuring crucial radiation levels between Earth and its celestial neighbor.

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Taiwan has made a historic leap into space exploration with the launch of its first lunar probe, the Deep Space Radiation Probe (DSRP). Riding aboard the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lunar lander, developed by Japanese startup ispace, the probe took off from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. In just four months, it will touch down on the Moon, tasked with measuring crucial radiation levels between Earth and its celestial neighbor.