Tokyo, Japan. 21st Feb, 2017. The lunar robot SORATO on display during its naming ceremony at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) on February 21, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. SORATO is a lunar rover developed by the Japanese team HAKUTO, which will be launched to the moon in December 2017. SORATO will send high-definition and 360-degree images of the lunar surface to the earth. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News

Tokyo, Japan. 21st Feb, 2017. The lunar robot SORATO on display during its naming ceremony at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) on February 21, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. SORATO is a lunar rover developed by the Japanese team HAKUTO, which will be launched to the moon in December 2017. SORATO will send high-definition and 360-degree images of the lunar surface to the earth. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News Stock Photo
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The lunar robot SORATO on display during its naming ceremony at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) on February 21, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. SORATO is a lunar rover developed by the Japanese team HAKUTO, which will be launched to the moon in December 2017. SORATO will send high-definition and 360-degree images of the lunar surface to the earth. HAKUTO is the sole Japanese team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE and is supported by over 20 companies including telecommunications giant KDDI, which operates the brand ''au'', and is working on the au x HAKUTO MOON CHALLENGE. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)

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