Japan’s SLIM lunar lander wakes up on the moon’s surface and takes new photos
Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the moon lander SLIM has suddenly woken up again after landing upside down. Mission operators …
Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the moon lander SLIM has suddenly woken up again after landing upside down. Mission operators …
The full moon hangs in frame with orion, inside its payload shell atop the SLS rocket. Specialists are now pulling together potential photography tasks for …
Illustration of a metallic moon lander. When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more …
Japan landed its Smart Lunar Investigation, or SLIM, on the moon’s surface on January 20, 2024. Despite a power issue with the lander, the event …
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Japan is on the moon – for a few hours, at least. The nation’s robotic SLIM spacecraft touched down on the surface of the moon …
Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the Moon when its spacecraft landed on the lunar surface early Saturday, officials said. But an …