The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM lander for short, touched down on the moon’s surface last month. But things quickly went sideways whenit landed nearly upside down. Of note,the story of how a photo of the upended lander was takenis fascinating unto itself. At any rate,...
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JAXA's SLIM moon lander took one last photo of the lunar surface before nightfall, which will last about two weeks.Credit: JAXA / SLIM Japan's first moon mission has likely come to an end after a surprising late-game comeback, with the spacecraft taking one last photo of its surroundings...
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Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Flipboard A moon rover that traveled aboard Japan's spacecraft to the lunar surface shows the lander upside down.Credit: JAXA A photo ofJapan's robotic moon landershows that though the spacecraft did make thequarter-million-mile journeyto the lunar su...
The Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Japanese space exploration firm ispace has finished building a micro lunar rover, which is now set to fly to the moon.
Xinhua News | Intelligent mini rover captures photo of Chang'e-6 on far side of moon A recent photo of the Chinese Chang'e-6 probe's lander-ascender combination on the far side of the moon has captured a historic moment in human lunar exploration. #XinhuaNews...
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- A recent photo of the Chinese Chang'e-6 probe's lander-ascender combination on the far side of the moon has captured a historic moment in human lunar exploration. The photograph was taken by a mini rover that was carried to the moon by the Chang'e-6 mis...
Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered into the Moon's Orbit on Tuesday. Launched on July 22, its lander named "Vikram" will attempt to make a soft-landing on the Lunar surface on Sept. 7. The lander has been named in honor of the father of Indian space research programme - Vikram Sarabhai....
The image was shot by the movie camera mounted on the lunar lander famously called 'Eagle', but the frame lasts for only a fleeting moment. It shows Armstrong's face in clear view as he walks across the lunar surface. He was the first man to walk on the moon, taking that one giant...