Japan’s SLIM achieved pinpoint moon landing with just one …
Jan 25, 2024 · HELSINKI — Japan’s SLIM lander achieved its goal of an accurate moon landing moon with only one of two main thrusters operating, JAXA stated Thursday, while a small rover returned an image of the...
Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission - BBC
With the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) spacecraft, Japan became only the fifth country to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon after the US, the former Soviet Union, China and India.
Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after moon …
Jan 29, 2024 · Japan's SLIM spacecraft has regained power, its space agency said on Monday, more than a week after it achieved an unconventionally precise lunar landing but ran out of electricity because its...
Japan’s moon lander forced to power down but may yet be revived
Jan 22, 2024 · HELSINKI — Japan’s SLIM lander has been forced to power down on the moon with its solar cells unable to catch sunlight, but hope remains that the spacecraft can be reactivated.
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon - Wikipedia
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), dubbed "Moon Sniper", was a lunar lander mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The lander's initial launch date in 2021 [2][9] was postponed until 2023 due to delays in its rideshare, the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). [10] .
Moon lander: Japan's Slim reactivates and gets to work - BBC
Jan 29, 2024 · After the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) re-established contact with its Moon lander on Sunday night, the craft started to study its surroundings in detail and transmit new images to...
Not dead yet: Japan prepares for possible recovery of SLIM moon …
Jan 22, 2024 · The pioneering spacecraft, called SLIM ("Smart Lander for Investigating Moon"), touched down on the lunar surface on Friday (Jan. 19), making Japan the fifth nation to join the moon-landing club....
Japan’s SLIM Mission Is Revived on the Moon
Jan 30, 2024 · SLIM landed on the Moon’s surface roughly 55 metres away from its original target, making it the most precise landing ever accomplished. Days later, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted ...
Japan's upside-down SLIM moon lander wakes up on lunar …
Jan 29, 2024 · Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the SLIM moon lander is suddenly awake again after arriving upside-down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for...
Japan Moon lander survives lunar night - BBC
Feb 26, 2024 · Japan's Moon lander has survived the harsh lunar night, the sunless and freezing equivalent to two Earth weeks. "Last night, a command was sent to #SLIM and a response received," national space...