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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’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action, the country’s space agency said Monday, after a power issue forced the spacecraft to shut down upon landing on the moon 10 days ago.
A year of lunar landing missions. After Japan’s Moon Sniper spacecraft makes its landing attempt, the United States aims to launch as many as three robotic vehicles to the moon’s surface in ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, is expected to touch down on the lunar surface at 10:20 a.m. ET Friday, or 12:20 a.m. Saturday Japan ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts the precision landing of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe on Friday.
A Japanese “Moon sniper” spacecraft appears to have landed on the Moon. ... The failure caused widespread delays in Japan‘s space missions, including SLIM and a joint lunar exploration with ...
Hakuto-R Mission 1 was a failed private uncrewed lunar landing mission built and operated by the Japanese company ispace, which was launched in December 2022 for an attempted lunar landing in April 2023. This first mission of the Hakuto-R program was primarily a technology demonstrator and carried the Emirates Lunar Mission. [27]
Japan lunar landing: ‘Moon sniper’ mission reaches surface but appears to have failed, space agency says ... work on precision technology by JAXA and the mission’s main goal was to test new ...