Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission - BBC
With the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) spacecraft, Japan became only the fifth country to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon after the US, the former Soviet Union, China and India.
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon - Wikipedia
On 1 October 2023, SLIM executed its trans-lunar orbit injection burns. The lander entered lunar orbit on 25 December 2023 and landed on 19 January 2024 at 15:20 UTC, making Japan the fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Not dead yet: Japan prepares for possible recovery of SLIM moon …
2024年1月22日 · The pioneering spacecraft, called SLIM ("Smart Lander for Investigating Moon"), touched down on the lunar surface on Friday (Jan. 19), making Japan the fifth nation to join the moon-landing club....
Japan’s SLIM achieved pinpoint moon landing with just one …
2024年1月25日 · HELSINKI — Japan’s SLIM lander achieved its goal of an accurate moon landing moon with only one of two main thrusters operating, JAXA stated Thursday, while a small rover returned an image of ...
Japan’s moon lander forced to power down but may yet be revived
2024年1月22日 · Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully touched down on the lunar surface, targeting the rim of the small, mid-latitude Shioli crater at 10:20 a.m. Eastern (1520 UTC) Jan....
Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after moon …
TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's SLIM spacecraft has regained power, its space agency said on Monday, more than a week after it achieved an unconventionally precise lunar landing but ran out of...
Highlights From Japan’s Robotic Moon Landing - The New York Times
2024年1月19日 · The SLIM robotic spacecraft made Japan the fifth country land on the moon, although officials from the country’s space agency said difficulties generating power would limit how long it operates.
Japan's upside-down SLIM moon lander wakes up on lunar …
2024年1月29日 · Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the SLIM moon lander is suddenly awake again after arriving upside-down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for...
Japan Moon lander survives lunar night - BBC
2024年2月26日 · Japan's Moon lander has survived the harsh lunar night, the sunless and freezing equivalent to two Earth weeks. "Last night, a command was sent to #SLIM and a response received," national space...
'We proved that you can land wherever you want.' Japan's SLIM …
2024年1月25日 · Japan's SLIM spacecraft made a strange but precise lunar landing, touching the moon with the tip of its nose as it landed incredibly close its target location.