Somehow, Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived three lunar nights, an astonishing feat. Moon landers typically survive for one lunar day – about two Earth weeks ...

Houston-based space company Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander approached its final landing spot on the Moon early Thursday morning. It was meant to touch down autonomously near Mons Mouton, a ...

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 ...

However, space officials said they need more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, achieved its mission priority of making a pinpoint landing. They also said ...

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 ...

The Japanese moon lander SLIM, short for Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, experienced a similar outcome. "Why did we end up at a 30 degree angle? We know exactly why we did," Trent Martin ...

The Japanese moon lander SLIM, short for Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, experienced a similar outcome. A snapshot from the Intuitive Machines landing revealed the spacecraft had broken a ...

According to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon touched down ... since it was "not designed for the harsh lunar nights". It said that SLIM succeeded ...

SLIM's precise landing, despite encountering engine failure moments before touchdown, positioned it just 60 yards from its target near the Shioli crater, surpassing previous lunar missions ...