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☆ Japan's Precision Moon Lander Has Hit Its Target, but It Appears to Be Upside-Down
  + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Associated Press | Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
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. Improved accuracy would give scientists access to more of the moon, since probes could be placed nearer to obstacles. One of the lander's main engines lost thrust about 50 meters (54 yards) above the moon surface, causing a harder landing than planned. For the pinpoint landing, Sakai said, he would give SLIM a “perfect score.”“We demonstrated that we can land where we want,” Sakai said. Japan followed the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India to reach the moon surface.
Persons: Smart, SLIM, touchtown, Shinichiro Sakai, ”, Sakai, ” “, ” Sakai, “, ” LEV, toymaker Tomy, LEV, Daichi Hirano Organizations: TOKYO, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Sony, Doshisha University, Mitsubishi Locations: Japan, United States, Soviet Union, China, India, Japanese
☆ A new space photo of Japan's first spacecraft to land on the moon shows why it's not generating any power
  + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Mari Yamaguchi | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
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. One of the lander's main engines lost thrust about 50 meters (54 yards) above the moon surface, causing a harder landing than planned. 275 images from spaceTwo probes on Japan's SLIM moon lander. Japan followed the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India to reach the moon surface. A spacecraft designed by a Japanese company crashed during a lunar landing attempt in April, and a new flagship rocket failed its debut launch in March.
Persons: —, Smart, SLIM, Eugene Hoshiko, Shinichiro Sakai, Sakai, JAXA LEV, LEV, toymaker Tomy, Daichi Hirano Organizations: Service, Business, AP, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Sony, Doshisha University, Mitsubishi Locations: Japan, United States, Soviet Union, China, India, Japanese
☆ Japan's First Moon Lander Is Aiming for a Very Small Target
  + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Associated Press | Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
TOKYO (AP) — As Japan's space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it's aiming to hit a very small target. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle, is using “pinpoint landing” technology that promises far greater control than any previous moon landing. The mission's main goal is to test new landing technology that would allow moon mission to land “where we want to, rather than where it is easy to land,” JAXA has said. After landing, the spacecraft will seek clues about the origin of the Moon, including analyzing minerals with a special camera. Japan also hopes a success will help regain confidence for its space technology after a number of failures.
Persons: Smart Lander, SLIM, LEV, toymaker Tomy Organizations: TOKYO, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, U.S, Mitsubishi, Sony, Doshisha University Locations: Japan, United States, Russia, China, India, Tokyo
☆ Japan's ispace assumes failure in bid to make first commercial moon landing
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Kantaro Komiya Joey Roulette | Kantaro Komiya | Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/6] Takeshi Hakamada, "ispace" 's founder and chief executive, is pictured at a venue to watch landing of the lander in HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program on the Moon, in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace (9348.T) said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed on Tuesday after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander, concluding it had most likely crashed on the lunar surface. The M1 lander appeared set to autonomously touch down about 12:40 p.m. Eastern time (1640 GMT Tuesday) after coming as close as 295 feet (90 meters) from the lunar surface, a live animation of the lander's telemetry showed. The company said in a statement Wednesday in Japan that it believes the spacecraft may have made a "hard landing" on the lunar surface. The M1 also carried an experimental solid-state battery made by NGK Spark Plug Co (5334.T), among other objects to gauge how they perform on the moon.
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