March 28 (UPI) --The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday its SLIM moon lander survived a second lunar night. JAXA said the SLIM -- short for Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ...

Japan's first Moon lander refuses to die. The spacecraft — dubbed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) — has sent back yet another image three months after it landed upside down on the ...

In January 2024, SLIM, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, successfully touched down on the Moon’s surface and provided JAXA with its first experience operating small lunar rovers in the ...

A pair of tiny robots made giant leaps showing off a new range of miniaturized technologies in a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency landing on the moon. Among their accomplishments was ...

Japan's space agency, Jaxa, has confirmed Slim spacecraft's response to commands from Earth, demonstrating its resilience during the harsh lunar nights. Despite a nose-down landing, Slim fulfils ...

TOKYO (Reuters): Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts the precision landing of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe on Friday.

Despite an initial setback where SLIM landed inverted, hindering its solar panels' visibility to the sun and briefly disrupting communication with Earth, the spacecraft successfully resumed ...

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 ...