Japan launched its ‘Moon Sniper’ SLIM spacecraft to the Moon in September 2023. After four months, the spacecraft became the first in the world to execute a precision landing on the lunar surface. Subsequently, SLIM went to sleep for the lunar night, woke up and conducted observations on the lunar day, and now has gone …
Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Monday. JAXA called the signal, received late Sunday night, a “miracle” because the probe was not designed to survive the lunar night, when temperatures can fall to minus 170 degrees Celsius …
Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weeks-long lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Monday. JAXA called the signal, received late Sunday night, a “miracle” because the probe was not designed to survive the lunar night, when temperatures can fall to minus 170 degrees Celsius …
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said Wednesday. For four days, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM — which landed on the moon last month — has …
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 …
Against all odds, Japan’s more than a week after it plopped upside down onto the surface of the moon — but now, it’s gone dormant for the duration of the lunar night, and it may not be able to wake up again. The SLIM team from the Japanese space agency, JAXA, on Thursday shared the …
TOKYO — Japan’s lunar probe has re-entered a dormant state and suspended activities as it reached sunset, rendering solar power generation unavailable, the country’s space agency said on Thursday. The planned activities for the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), which made Japan the world’s fifth lunar landing country, concluded on Wednesday, the Japan Aerospace …
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Image Credits: JAXA Japan’s first lunar lander has officially powered down on the moon after its solar cells were unable to generate electricity, though the nation’s space agency said there is a possibility of turning things around when the direction of the sun’s rays change. Japan made history last week when its lander, called Smart …
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 …