Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, came down onto the lunar surface at around 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time Saturday (1520 GMT Friday).
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 has landed a spacecraft on the moon, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.”
Japan has become the fifth country to land a craft on the moon, but problems with its solar panels mean the mission hangs in the balance. 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 ...
After a nine-day shutdown, the upside-down lunar lander received enough sunlight to power up again
Shinichiro Sakai, the Project Manager for Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) speaks during a press conference on updates on the status of its spacecraft, including whether it successfully made a “pinpoint landing” on the Moon Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Tokyo. ...
The communication suggests the craft has survived a second weeks-long lunar night, when temperatures can plunge to -170C. It made a "pinpoint" touchdown last month, making Japan the fifth country to successfully place a probe on the moon.
Share this: Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on sinaweibo Share on email Font size: The moon can now be seen in all its glory after the Japanese space agency released all the pictures taken by its Kaguya spacecraft. The collection includes more than 450 images, including some ...
Landings on the moon Japan aims to play a bigger part in space, partnering with ally the United States. Japan is also home to several private space companies. JAXA aims to send an astronaut to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program in the next few years. ...
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has sent back an eerie image of Earth as a test of the camera it will use to help it land accurately on the moon. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)launchedon an H-2A rocket on Sept. 6. It has already passed itsfirst critical phasein Earth orbi...