The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has transmitted images of the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) to Earth.… The photograph was taken by part of SLIM's payload ...

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

Toy maker Tomy Co. and other organizations collaborated with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to develop the palm-size LEV-2. Along with the image of SLIM, JAXA also released photos ...

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 ...

Jaxa A lunar surface scan mosaic image captured by the Slim The craft is at a very awkward ... "[The mission is] already a success in my mind - I think engineering so far has been fantastic." ...

However, now that it has entered the lunar orbit, things are about to heat up, as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepares for the SLIM probe’s landing procedures to kick off on ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe, making Japan only the fifth country to land an unmanned spacecraft on ...

Japan may yet manage to salvage its Moon lander, the country's space agency Jaxa says - if sunlight hits it in the right place. The Slim spacecraft was turned off just three hours after its ...

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 ...

After the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) re-established contact with ... A lunar surface scan mosaic image captured by the Slim The craft is at a very awkward angle.