Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.”
Japan lands on the moon for first time in comeback attemptJapan landed its first ever probe on the moon, in a drive to overcome a year of setbacks in space, but the status of the lander was not immediately clear. The SLIM lander, nicknamed "moon sniper," touched down about 20 minutes...
Japan joins four other countries that have successfully landed on the Moon – the U.S., Russia, China and India. The U.S. remains the only country to put humans on the Moon. SLIM, which is nicknamed "Moon Sniper," is a small craft – nearly 8 feet tall and nearly 9 feet wide. A...
target(目标), instead of within several kilometers.This exact landing technology will become a powerful tool in the search for oxygen, fuel, and water on the moon.Japan's space center said its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, called SLIM, landed on the moon's surface at 15: 20....
SLIM landed on the moon at about 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time Saturday (1520 GMT Friday). There was a tense wait for news after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s mission control initially said that SLIM was on the lunar surface, but that it was still “checking its status.” No furth...
Dubbed the "moon sniper", the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe was attempting a risky landing on a slope at the rim of a crater using "precision" technology. While the craft landed at about 3.20pm UK time and can communicate with the team on Earth, it cannot generate ...
Japan's space agency, known as JAXA, said its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, called SLIM, landed on the moon's surface at 15:20 UTC Friday. It then re-established communication with Earth. But its solar panels were not able to create electricity, possibly because they are pointed...
SLIM touched down just over a month before aUS lander successfully landed on the moonfor the first time in more than 50 years on Friday, in what was hailed as a "giant leap forward for all of humanity". The Odysseus lander, the first ever privately-owned craft, arrived on the moon's ...
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officials announced Thursday that the spacecraft which landed Saturday, landed only about 55 meters (60 yards) away from its target set in between two craters near the Shioli crater, a region covered in volcanic rock. (AP Photo/Euge...
Japan's SLIM lunar lander tipped over on touchdown, but still captured imagery of the moon while demonstrating high-precision landing technology.