Japan Launches (Unmanned) Moon MissionJapan's space agency took a big leap forward in Asia's undeclared space race Friday with its successful launch of a probe for the largest mission to the moon since the U.S. Apollo flights. The Selenological and Engineering Explorer - or SELENE - probe was launched aboard one of the space program's mainstay H-2A rockets from its launch-pad on Tanegashima, the remote island where the agency's space
