Smart Lander for Investigating Moon - Wikipedia
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), dubbed "Moon Sniper", was a lunar lander mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The lander's initial launch date in 2021 [2][9] was postponed until 2023 due to delays in its rideshare, the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). [10] .
Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission - BBC
With the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) spacecraft, Japan became only the fifth country to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon after the US, the former Soviet Union, China and India.
Japan’s SLIM achieved pinpoint moon landing with just one …
Jan 25, 2024 · HELSINKI — Japan’s SLIM lander achieved its goal of an accurate moon landing moon with only one of two main thrusters operating, JAXA stated Thursday, while a small rover returned an image of the...
Sony's new PlayStation 5 Slim models hit ahead of holiday season
Oct 11, 2023 · The new Sony PlayStation 5 Slim consoles, which are 30% smaller than the previous systems, will replace the existing PS5 video game systems.
Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after moon …
Jan 29, 2024 · Japan's SLIM spacecraft has regained power, its space agency said on Monday, more than a week after it achieved an unconventionally precise lunar landing but ran out of electricity because its...
Japan announces successful SLIM lunar landing
Jan 19, 2024 · Japan's JAXA SLIM spacecraft successfully landed on the moon's surface Friday morning. The country joins Russia — then the Soviet Union — the U.S., China and India in …
Japan’s lunar lander reaches the moon but is rapidly losing ... - CNN
Jan 19, 2024 · The small-scale SLIM robotic explorer, which launched in September, goes by the nickname “Moon Sniper” because it carried new precision technology to demonstrate a “pinpoint” landing.
Not dead yet: Japan prepares for possible recovery of SLIM moon …
Jan 22, 2024 · The pioneering spacecraft, called SLIM ("Smart Lander for Investigating Moon"), touched down on the lunar surface on Friday (Jan. 19), making Japan the fifth nation to join the moon-landing club....
Japan's upside-down SLIM moon lander wakes up on lunar …
Jan 29, 2024 · Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the SLIM moon lander is suddenly awake again after arriving upside-down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for...
Japan’s SLIM ‘Moon Sniper’ spacecraft prepares for historic lunar ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Japan hopes to land its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on Friday, which would make the vehicle the country’s first robotic explorer to soft-land on the moon.