Japan's SLIM moon lander has seemingly defied death — for a second time. After being powered down on Jan. 31 for what was assumed to be a mission-ending, two-week-long sleep in the freezing ...

Japan's SLIM lunar lander tipped over on touchdown, but still captured imagery of the moon while demonstrating high-precision ...

Jaxa produced this render of Slim to show the awkward landing orientation that pointed the solar cells away from the Sun Japan's Moon lander has resumed operations after being shut down for a week ...

As the Japanese Space Agency put it ... sized robot called Sora-Q - which was ejected from Slim moments before touchdown - showed the lander face-down on the lunar surface.

Similarly, Japan's SLIM lander, which touched down in March 2024, landed at a wonky angle, leaving its solar panels poorly ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Christmas brought a nice accomplishment for Japan’s SLIM space probe, which entered ...

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 ...

A single rocket has launched two lunar landers from US and Japanese companies, marking a major milestone for private..|News ...

SpaceX has sent Japanese and U.S. lunar landers on separate missions in a major step in the race to commercialize the Moon.

It builds on the success of Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission, which landed on the Moon using a precise landing technique in March 2024. Investigating an asteroid with ...