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 ...

March 28 (UPI) --The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday its SLIM moon lander survived a second lunar night. JAXA said the SLIM -- short for Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ...

How the technology used in Japan’s lunar mission will help space exploration ... a number of new technologies with its Smart Lander.

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 ...

Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) suffered a similar fate after landing on its nose in January 2024. And it's not looking great for Athena, either. Earlier this afternoon ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...