Japanese team competing in lunar probe contest to delay launch

The only Japanese team competing in an international lunar probe contest said Wednesday it will postpone the launch of its rover to the Moon from Dec. 28 as scheduled to between January and March next year.The decision by the team HAKUTO -- one of five teams shortlisted in the world's first contest of its kind organized by the X Prize Foundation -- comes in response to an announcement by the U.S. foundation that it has extended the deadline for the participants to fulfill their mission to the end of March from the end of this year.HAKUTO said it will carry the 58-centimeter-long rover named…READ FULL ARTICLE