<s>
or	O
formerly	O
was	O
a	O
team	O
formed	O
in	O
early	O
2008	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
experienced	O
space	O
professionals	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
PRIZE	I-Application
to	O
develop	O
a	O
robotic	O
Moon	O
exploration	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hakuto	B-Application
was	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
white	O
rabbit	O
in	O
Japanese	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
competition	O
ended	O
without	O
any	O
team	O
launching	O
their	O
mission	O
,	O
the	O
Hakuto	B-Application
team	O
became	O
a	O
company	O
,	O
struck	O
partnerships	O
,	O
working	O
agreements	O
and	O
became	O
ispace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
White	B-Application
Label	I-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
registered	O
with	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
PRIZE	I-Application
(	O
GLXP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
period	O
2008	O
till	O
2010	O
the	O
team	O
established	O
partnerships	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
organisations	O
,	O
mostly	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
White	B-Application
Label	I-Application
Space	I-Application
continued	O
to	O
publish	O
its	O
early	O
progress	O
on	O
the	O
developments	O
of	O
the	O
lunar	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
Japan-based	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
established	O
White	B-Application
Label	I-Application
Space	I-Application
Japan	O
LLC	O
,	O
a	O
Limited	O
Liability	O
Company	O
registered	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
name	O
unit	O
2	O
Rover	O
prototype	O
(	O
PM-2	O
)	O
"	O
White	O
Rabbit	O
"	O
(	O
written	O
in	O
hiragana	O
as「はくと」	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
pronounced	O
"	O
Hakuto	B-Application
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2013	O
the	O
team	O
publicly	O
announced	O
the	O
change	O
the	O
official	O
team	O
name	O
to	O
Hakuto	B-Application
( 「ハクト」	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Hakuto	B-Application
was	O
selected	O
in	O
the	O
Milestone	O
Prizes	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
teams	O
competing	O
in	O
the	O
mobility	O
subsystem	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2014	O
,	O
carrying	O
through	O
on	O
the	O
initial	O
vision	O
of	O
the	O
White	B-Application
Label	I-Application
Space	I-Application
team	O
,	O
the	O
Hakuto	B-Application
team	O
had	O
succeeded	O
in	O
obtaining	O
sponsorship	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
major	O
Japanese	O
brands	O
for	O
its	O
lunar	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
on	O
from	O
the	O
cessation	O
of	O
the	O
GLXP	B-Application
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
Hakuto	B-Application
GLXP	B-Application
team	O
,	O
ispace	O
Inc.	O
,	O
retained	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
KDDI	O
,	O
JAL	O
and	O
Suzuki	O
,	O
and	O
proceeded	O
to	O
build	O
further	O
corporate	O
partnerships	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
raising	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
directed	O
towards	O
an	O
expanded	O
lunar	O
mission	O
program	O
(	O
see	O
ispace	O
Investors	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sorato	B-Application
rover	O
was	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
US	O
National	O
Air	O
and	O
Space	O
Museum	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
initially	O
planned	O
its	O
own	O
lunar	O
lander	O
but	O
later	O
changed	O
plan	O
to	O
fly	O
their	O
rover	O
on	O
landers	O
operated	O
by	O
other	O
GLXP	B-Application
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
duration	O
of	O
the	O
GLXP	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Hakuto	B-Application
rover	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
deployed	O
from	O
Astrobotic	O
's	O
Peregrine	O
lander	O
,	O
however	O
for	O
the	O
final	O
phase	O
of	O
the	O
prize	O
,	O
with	O
Astrobotic	O
lacking	O
a	O
launch	O
contract	O
,	O
Hakuto	B-Application
established	O
a	O
new	O
agreement	O
with	O
Team	O
Indus	O
for	O
launch	O
and	O
lunar	O
surface	O
delivery	O
of	O
the	O
rover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
9	O
January	O
2018	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
ISRO	O
had	O
cancelled	O
the	O
launch	O
contract	O
with	O
TeamIndus	O
and	O
,	O
by	O
extension	O
,	O
Hakuto	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
X	O
Prize	O
founder	O
and	O
chairman	O
Peter	O
Diamandis	O
stated	O
"	O
After	O
close	O
consultation	O
with	O
our	O
five	O
finalist	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X	I-Application
Prize	I-Application
teams	O
over	O
the	O
past	O
several	O
months	O
,	O
we	O
have	O
concluded	O
that	O
no	O
team	O
will	O
make	O
a	O
launch	O
attempt	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
moon	O
by	O
the	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
deadline	O
...	O
and	O
the	O
US$30	O
million	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
XPRIZE	I-Application
will	O
go	O
unclaimed.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
leadership	O
(	O
ispace	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
then	O
former	O
Hakuto	B-Application
GLXP	B-Application
team	O
still	O
planned	O
to	O
launch	O
its	O
rover	O
in	O
2020	O
on	O
the	O
Astrobotic	O
Peregrine	O
lander	O
mission	O
,	O
launching	O
on	O
an	O
Atlas	O
V	O
rocket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
mission	O
would	O
have	O
included	O
Hakuto	B-Application
's	O
Sorato	B-Application
rover	O
being	O
deployed	O
on	O
the	O
lunar	O
surface	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
smaller	O
rovers	O
,	O
including	O
Team	O
AngelicvM	O
's	O
rover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
ispace	O
announced	O
a	O
restructuring	O
of	O
its	O
lunar	O
program	O
,	O
since	O
called	O
Hakuto-R	O
.	O
A	O
significant	O
change	O
was	O
the	O
elimination	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
demonstration	O
orbiter	O
mission	O
in	O
2020	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
moving	O
more	O
quickly	O
toward	O
a	O
demonstration	O
of	O
commercial	O
lunar	O
landing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hakuto-R	O
Mission	O
1	O
lunar	O
lander	O
was	O
launched	O
aboard	O
a	O
Falcon	O
9	O
Block	O
5	O
rocket	O
on	O
11	O
December	O
2022	O
,	O
carrying	O
the	O
Rashid	O
rover	O
of	O
the	O
Emirates	O
Lunar	O
Mission	O
and	O
JAXA/Tomy	O
'	O
s	O
SORA-Q	O
transformable	O
lunar	O
robot	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
Hakuto-R	O
will	O
deliver	O
to	O
the	O
lunar	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
houses	O
a	O
music	O
disc	O
featuring	O
the	O
song	O
‘	O
SORATO’	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese	O
rock	O
band	O
Sakanaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hakuto-R	O
Mission	O
2	O
,	O
a	O
lunar	O
lander	O
and	O
rover	O
,	O
is	O
scheduled	O
for	O
launch	O
in	O
2024	O
.	O
</s>
