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 ...

The project was the fruit of two decades of work on precision technology by JAXA. SLIM ... to about 10 km above the lunar surface. At an altitude of 5 km, the lander was in a vertical descent ...

Japanese moon exploration company ispace said its Resilience lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at 4:24 ... Developed by JAXA, the satellite is crafted from honoki magnolia wood, chosen for ...

Commander Neil Armstrong chose the landing spot of Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle on the ... of “where we can land.” Japan's SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) probe landed on ...

Japanese moon exploration company ispace said its Resilience lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at 4:24 ... Developed by JAXA, the satellite is crafted from honoki magnolia wood, chosen for ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

Blue Ghost captured a lunar sunset with Earth and Venus on the horizon. Firefly Aerospace The Blue Ghost lander bid farewell to the Moon by gently going into that cold lunar night. Before ending ...

The Blue Ghost lunar lander finished surface operations on March 16, 2025, wrapping up a smashing success of a mission. Designed, built, and flown by Firefly Aerospace, based near Austin ...

The historic mission of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is over. The solar-powered Blue Ghost went dark on Sunday evening (March 16) after the sun set on its lunar locale, bringing an ...