It was a great moment for Japan as the country completed its first successful soft-landing as the “moon sniper” SLIM spacecraft landed on the Moon. But good news soon turned into bad news, before it turned into good news again. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) made a precision landing on the lunar surface …
Japan’s space agency has confirmed its moon-lander successfully achieved its pinpoint landing on the moon on January 19. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) couldn’t confirm the landing precision on the day after the spacecraft’s solar panels failed to produce power. JAXA officials knew the lander had performed a controlled descent because none of its …
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 …
It will take up to a month to verify if SLIM has achieved the precision goals, the agency has said. Tokyo: Japan’s space agency on Saturday said it was examining the communication with its probe after it landed on the moon, during an attempt to become the world’s fifth country to achieve a moonshot and …
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 …