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Pictures of the Moon can never be enough! Now, a private Japanese spacecraft has snapped a stunning image of the Moon. The Hakuto-R spacecraft successfully manoeuvred into the Moon's orbit only nine days ago. Since then, the lander-mounted camera on the lander has been busy at work.

<h2>The Moon stuns again</h2>

An image was recently shared by the Japanese company ispace (not related to Apple) that developed the spacecraft. You can easily see the extremely well-lit impact craters on the lunar surface and the desolate darkness of space that surrounds it.

At the edge of the lunar horizon, you can notice the craters that are partially visible - just a testimony to how far humanity has come from capturing fuzzy images of Earth's only natural satellite.

Launched on December 11, 2022, the Hakuto-R took a longer but less energy-consuming route to the Moon. At the end of April, the Hakuto-R will attempt to land on the lunar surface. If all goes as planned, Japan would become the fourth country after the United States, Soviet Union, and China to land on the Moon.

In addition, this would mark the first time a privately owned spacecraft managed to land on the Moon. The Hakuto-R is also carrying United Arab Emirates' space agency's Rashid rover that will study the lunar surface.

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