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☆ Sea of Nectar: What you should know about the moon area where Japan’s lander touched down
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

If the lander turns on again, it could make good on its objectives to collect unprecedented information about a region called the Sea of Nectar. The 1969 US moon mission Apollo 11 captured this oblique view of the large crater Theophilus at the northwest edge of the Sea of Nectar. Here's the first picture sent back by the Moon Sniper after it landed on the lunar surface. The Sea of Nectar is much smaller than its neighbor the Sea of Tranquility, which is over 540 miles (875 kilometers) across and is similarly smooth and flat. “After the Apollo missions, we brought back samples and learned they were essentially massive lava planes,” Osinski said.

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Tokyo CNN —Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its “moon sniper” robotic explorer landed 55 meters (165 feet) from its target on the lunar surface last week, calling it a “significant achievement” despite problems during the landing that put the mission in jeopardy. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission reached the moon’s surface just after 10:20 a.m. Shown here is the first picture sent back by the Moon Sniper after it landed on the lunar surface. JAXAA lunar surface scan mosaic image captured by the SLIM-mounted, enlarged view. If the Moon Sniper can survive the frigid temperatures of lunar night, the space agency hopes light might reach the solar cells as the sun’s angle on the moon changes, potentially restoring power generation and allowing operations to resume.

Persons: Smart Lander, SLIM, Ashley Strickland Organizations: Tokyo CNN, Saturday, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Ritsumeikan University, Aizu Locations: Tokyo, Japan

☆ Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] The carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu is seen from a distance of about 12 miles (20 km) during the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 mission on June 30, 2018. Scientists said on Tuesday they detected uracil and niacin in rocks obtained by the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft from two sites on Ryugu in 2019. Scientists long have pondered about the conditions necessary for life to arise after Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago. "It was directly sampled on the asteroid Ryugu and returned to Earth, and finally to laboratories without any contact with terrestrial contaminants." The U.S. space agency NASA during its OSIRIS-REx mission collected samples in 2020 from the asteroid Bennu.

☆ FDA warns Japan's Olympus units over testing violations
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it has issued warning letters to manufacturers of medical scopes used in surgical procedures, citing violations found during inspections of facilities in Japan. Warning letters pertain to a category of devices known as endoscopes, which allow doctors to see and access the urinary tract, gastrointestinal tract, and respiratory tract, during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The health regulator released the letters on Monday, which were sent to units of Japan's Olympus Corp (7733.T) - Olympus Medical System Corp and Aizu Olympus Co -in December and November, respectively. The agency added that Olympus Medical did not develop medical device reporting procedures as mandated and did not submit them to the regulator in the required timeframes. These warning letters add to a history of the U.S. FDA's compliance actions against Olympus related to testing and manufacturing requirements.

☆ Mască pusă pe statuia unei zeițe în Japonia, ca o rugăciune pentru sfârșitul pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: AFPMască pusă pe statuia unei zeițe în Japonia, ca o rugăciune pentru sfârșitul pandemieiO statuie gigantică din Japonia poartă o mască facială din această săptămână, ca o rugăciune pentru sfârșitul pandemiei de coronavirus. Operaţiunea a fost realizată de patru muncitori, care au lucrat trei oreMuncitorii au ridicat masca gigantică cu ajutorul unor frânghii până la înălţimea de 57 de metri a statuii de culoare albă, care o înfăţişează pe Kannon, zeiţa budistă a compasiunii, instalată în faţa templului Houkokuji Aizu Betsuin, din prefectura Fukushima. Muncitorii au desfăşurat masca, realizată dintr-un material asemănător unei plase, cu o lăţime de 4,1 metri şi o lungime de 5,3 metri, cântărind 35 de kilograme, în partea inferioară a feţei statuii. Statuia, construită în urmă cu 33 de ani, are o scară în spirală în interior care duce până la înălţimea umerilor zeiţei. Horigane a mai spus că mascava rămâne până când situaţia COVID-19 va fi menţinută sub control în Japonia.

Persons: Operaţiunea, Horigane Organizations: Muncitorii Locations: Japonia, Kannon, Fukushima, braţe

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