Japan's lunar lander has defied the odds to survive a third lunar night, surprising even its designers. Officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Wednesday that the Smart ...
A change in sunlight direction later allowed it to send pictures back but it shut down again as lunar night fell. Jaxa said at the time that Slim (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) was not ...
SLIM, which was tasked with testing Japan's pinpoint landing technology and collecting geological data and images, was not ...
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday, April 24, after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the ...
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, the country’s space agency said, after receiving an ...
By Andrew Paul | Published Mar 28, 2024 10:00 AM EDT SLIM, Japan ... s “Moon Sniper” nickname. [Related: SLIM lives! Japan’s upside-down lander is online after a brutal lunar night.] ...
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, the country’s space agency said, after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the surface.