JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: ...

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, touched down on the Moon early on Saturday. But trouble with the probe's solar ...

When Japan’s SLIM lunar lander made a rather unconventional touch-down on the lunar surface, it had already disgorged two small lunar excursion vehicles from its innards: LEV-1 and LEV-2.

TASS/. Japan’s first lunar probe Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) has successfully separated from the H2A carrier rocket, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said.

Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has officially ended the SLIM moon mission after failing to reestablish contact with the lander since April. As part of the Artemis III mission ...

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon early Saturday. However, space officials said they need more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM ...

TOKYO, September 7. /TASS/. The H2A rocket carrying Japan’s first lunar probe Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) was lunched on Thursday from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern ...

Turns out that’s what happened on April 26th, as the Japanese Hakuto-R Lunar lander made its mark on the Moon…by crashing into it. [Scott Manley] dove in to try and understand the software bug ...

Also aboard the latest Japanese rocket is the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, a lightweight lunar lander. The Smart Lander won’t make lunar orbit for three or four months after the ...

Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after ... since it was "not designed for the harsh lunar nights". It said that SLIM succeeded in surviving a night on the Moon's surface ...

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