The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking forward to cooperating with Japanese agency JAXA in the field of space exploration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said while congratulating Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Tokyo’s successful lunar landing. Japan made history on January 20 by becoming only the fifth country to land a spacecraft on …
News Technology Science Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ follows Chandrayaan-3 to make historic landing but suffers major issue Japan’s “moon sniper” SLIM mission landed successfully on the Moon making the country only the fifth to do so. But now, the lander’s solar cells do not seem to be working, putting the mission in jeopardy. “SLIM is now …
Japan’s Moon Sniper spacecraft has smoothly landed on the moon and the connection was established with the ground station. However, an issue has arisen as the solar cells are not generating power, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: H-IIA rocket carrying the national space agency’s moon lander is launched at Tanegashima Space …
Japan gave the green light for its spacecraft to make a “precision” landing on the Moon on Friday, its bid to become the world’s fifth country to achieve a moonshot and revitalise a space programme that has suffered a wave of recent setbacks. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the Smart Lander for Investigating …
Japan’s lunar lander will be the first to attempt a precision landing on the Moon. (Image Credit: JAXA/News9). Subscribe to Notifications Subscribe to Notifications Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully executed a manoeuvre on 14 January, 2024 at 17:32 hours JST, or 14:02 hours IST to reduce the altitude of …
WASHINGTON Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency‘s (JAXA) X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) observatory has released a first look at the unprecedented data it will collect when science operations begin later this year.The XRISM (pronounced “crism”) satellite was launched on September 6, 2023, alongwith SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon), which entered the lunar orbit on …
News Technology Science Japan’s SLIM ‘moon sniper’ reaches lunar orbit ahead of landmark landing Japan will attempt to become just the fifth country in the world to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. Artistic illustration of JAXA’s SLIM lunar lander. (JAXA) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Tuesday announced that its “Smart Lander for …
8 The final quarter of 2023 saw the International Space Station (ISS) celebrate 25 years in orbit, though there was no letup in the ongoing work as the Expedition 70 crew settled into the tasks and experiments that are carried out onboard the orbital laboratory. Cargo spacecraft arrived at the Station carrying supplies and fresh …
Home Photos Chandrayaan-4 mission: ISRO and JAXA’s lunar mission overview Get a detailed insight into the Chandrayaan-4 mission. Know what the mission will unveil and how it will be carried out. By: HT TECH Updated on: Nov 08 2023, 09:13 IST Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and JAXA are developing the Chandrayaan-4 mission …