日本的SLIM月球探测器传回的照片显示，该探测器在着陆时姿态异常，无法生产其运行所需的电力。 Credit: JAXA 日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA ...

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is nicknamed the ... prepares for the SLIM probe’s landing procedures to kick off on January 20 around midnight Japan time.

Japan’s Jaxa space agency announced on Thursday the success of its Slim Moon spacecraft in its unprecedented “pinpoint” landing within 100m (328ft) of its intended target on the lunar surface.

Japan aims to launch the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) into space by mid-September with a lunar landing seen starting as early as January 2024. Japan would become the fifth country to ...

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However, space officials said they need more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, achieved its mission priority of making a pinpoint landing. They also said ...

A lunar surface scan mosaic image captured by the Slim The craft ... The targeted landing site was on the slopes approaching Shioli Crater, which is just south of the Moon's equator It is not ...

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