The spacecraft — dubbed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) — has sent back yet another image three months after it landed upside ... (JAXA) worried it would soon have to be shut down ...

SLIM, though, landed upside down and initially lost power for nine days before returning to power. Last month, JAXA said the SLIM had survived its second lunar night that lasted two weeks and ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander ... in diameter shows that SLIM landed on the surface on Jan. 20, but upside down. “ ...

The remarkable photo was snapped by LEV-2, one of the two robots released from the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe moments before it touched down on the moon on Jan. 20.

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 ...

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 ...