Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said Tuesday that its moon lander had entered orbit around the moon.
With touchdown scheduled for the end of April, the space company's lander would become the world's first private sector lunar module to land on the moon.
The vehicle was launched aboard a U.S. rocket in December, then followed a special route to the moon to conserve fuel. In January, the lander flew to a position 1.37 million kilometers from Earth and then headed toward the moon.
