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 ...
SLIM, which was tasked with testing Japan's pinpoint landing technology and collecting geological data and images, was not ...
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 ...
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, the country’s space agency said, after receiving an ...
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 image from the device three months after it landed on the surface.
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon.
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 Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has woken up again, having survived three lunar nights. A post on social media from the lander's X account confirmed that once more, SLIM had defied ...
Japan's Slim Moon lander has survived a third long, cold lunar night, waking up to snap some brand new shots of the Moon's surface.