Yaoki

Yaoki
Japan's first Moon rover is scheduled to touch down in 2023

Yaoki[1][2][3][4][5][6] is a Moon rover made by Japanese company Dymon [ja] to be launched in 2023 by American company Astrobotic Technology on their Peregrine lunar lander. Yaoki was first announced in 2019.

Yaoki weighs 498g and transportation to the Moon costs $1.2 million per kilogram.

  1. ^ "@yaoki_space" on Twitter
  2. ^ "Astrobotic, Dymon to Bring Lunar Rover to Moon - Via Satellite -". Via Satellite. October 15, 2019.
  3. ^ October 2019, Mike Wall 18 (18 October 2019). "Japan's 1st Moon Rover to Touch Down in 2021". Space.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Astrobotic and Dymon Announce Agreement to Bring the First Japanese Lunar Rover to the Moon". Astrobotic. October 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "YAOKI - Japanese Lunar Rover". February 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Japan's 1st Moon Rover to Touch Down in 2021". October 21, 2019.