The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down on the lunar surface last month, making Japan the fifth country to put a probe on the moon. U.S.-based Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus ...

Japan’s space agency said on Monday its SLIM moon lander has unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than a month after the spacecraft ...

It was using “pinpoint landing” technology that promises far greater control than any previous moon landing. While most previous probes have used landing zones about 10 km, SLIM was aiming at ...

Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) lander is alive and responding after surviving the cold lunar night that lasted 14 days. The spacecraft came online and was successfully ...

The two small probes had completed their mission of recording SLIM's initial work and have since stopped working. The landing made Japan the world's fifth country to reach the moon, after the ...

The Slim spacecraft was turned off just three hours ... "If sunlight hits the Moon from the west in the future, we believe there's a possibility of power generation, and we're currently preparing ...

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice. LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the ...

Illustration showing the Lunar Trailblazer probe on the prowl to probe the abundance and distribution of water on the moon, as well as the lunar water cycle. | Credit: Lockheed Martin LITTLETON ...