Image Recognition
Nations and private sectors alike are scrambling to explore the moon in hopes of creating a new hub for mankind. The race comes as research papers released in recent years suggest that there is water on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, plans to launch a lunar lander from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Saturday. The probe is called the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM. The planned unmanned lunar probe will look for deposits of ice in the southern polar region.