Japan agency says lunar spacecraft is on the moon | AP News
Jan 20, 2024 · Japan now hopes to make the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in the Cold War …
Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to …
Jan 25, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its …
Japanese Lunar Exploration Program - Wikipedia
The (Japanese) Lunar Exploration Program (Japanese: 月探査計画, romanized: tsuki tansa keikaku) is a program of robotic and human missions to the Moon undertaken by the Japanese …
Moon lander: Japan's Slim reactivates and gets to work - BBC
Jan 29, 2024 · After the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) re-established contact with its Moon lander on Sunday night, the craft started to study its surroundings in detail and …
Japan becomes the 5th country to land on the Moon
Jan 22, 2024 · Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the surface of the Moon on Jan. 20, 2024. Despite a power issue with the lander, the event holds …
Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others …
Jan 19, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.” The milestone puts Japan in a club previously …
Japan makes history with tense, successful moon landing
Jan 19, 2024 · HELSINKI — Japan’s SLIM “Moon Sniper” spacecraft made a successful lunar landing Friday, making the country just the fifth to robotically land on the moon.
Japan’s successful Moon landing was the most precise ever - Nature
Jan 22, 2024 · Japan has become the fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon, using precision technology that allowed it to touch down closer to its target landing site than any …
Japan announces successful SLIM lunar landing - CNBC
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 Moon Sniper: SLIM spacecraft makes a safe Moon landing
Jan 19, 2024 · JAXA’s SLIM: In a first, ‘Moon Sniper’ makes a safe lunar landing. JAXA’s SLIM spacecraft, fondly known as the ‘Moon Sniper,’ took off for a precision lunar landing on …