Friday, 19 January 2024 Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft is preparing to make a historic lunar touchdown at midnight on Saturday using pinpoint technology the country hopes will lead to success where many have failed. With its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, Japan wants to become the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky soft landing on the Moon's rocky surface. Only the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India have accomplished the feat so far.
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The club of countries that can soft-land spacecraft on the Moon is continuing to grow, with Japan being the latest addition. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday confirmed that its..
Japan's spacecraft SLIM, also called Moon Sniper, is set to execute a soft landing on the moon on January 20. The mission aims to evaluate equipment, investigate... IndiaTimes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and the country's aerospace agency for landing a spacecraft on the... IndiaTimes